Modality: M, 9-11am
The Senior Capstone course is a culminating experience for all Technical Writing and Communication majors. This course is designed to facilitate individualized student projects that combine previous knowledge, skills, and experiences developed as a TWC major into a senior project. Specifically, students design and carry out a project of their own design.
Modality: Asynchronous Online
This course explores the theories and practices of rhetoric and writing in science, medicine, and health (SMH). Students learn about genres of SMH communication including regulatory documents from the FDA, podcasts created by scientists for the public, patient blogs, and published research articles. The course also engages topics including accessibility, writing in regulated environments, writing for complex audiences, and engaging biomedical and scientific research in writing. Students are challenged to consider how language, science, biomedicine, and health intersect and how different stakeholders such as patients, healthcare providers, scientists, government officials, and insurance companies engage in SMH communication.