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The Program
An online graduate certificate in international technical communication would meet the needs of working professionals by providing
them with a distance education opportunity to learn advanced theoretical and practical approaches to composing documents and
other information products for local and global translation; writing collaboratively online in increasingly more diverse virtual
workspaces; developing best practices for new online writing workspaces that are informed by current technical communication
research.
An online graduate certificate program reaches out to workplaces across the state of Ohio whose growing reliance on technology
to enhance their productivity requires the expertise of technical communicators.
By affording continuing education opportunities to these working professionals, our certificate program will directly enhance
the productivity of the industries in which they work.
Admission into the program
Students who wish to be admitted to the online graduate certificate program must hold a bachelor’s degree with a 2.7 minimum
grade point average (in any field). International students who apply to the program will do so according to the existing procedures
for all international students who apply to BGSU as graduate students. In addition, students will be required to participate
in an online interview with S&TC Program faculty using real time, text-based, synchronous communication tools available through
the Blackboard course management system.
What is International Scientific & Technical Education
Collaboration software is transforming the way international businesses communicate in the global workforce. Technical communicators
use synchronous and asynchronous communication technology to assign team roles and responsibilities, organize document production,
plan documentation strategies, and develop tactical solutions to problems of production. To work effectively in these virtual
environments, they require current theoretical knowledge in how to successfully negotiate difference in virtual spaces, how
power manifests itself in these spaces, and how the tools they use to construct these spaces shape them in interested rather
than neutral ways. Teaching technical communication online models the collaborative virtual workspaces that writing professionals
currently inhabit. Online collaboration projects provide students with a familiar environment in which to hone their skills
and self-reflexively examine their online participation by consulting archives of collaborative work sessions.
Who Should Consider this Degree
Technical workers who have an interest in acquiring a university graduate certificate to mark their advancement, and an international
audience interested in exploring the unique offerings of a graduate technical writing curriculum that emphasizes international
issues including how to deal with an increasingly global workplace.
Courses
Students will complete 12 hours of graduate level coursework to receive the certificate in international scientific and technical
communication. These hours include the following courses:
ENG 640 Technical Writing Online (Spring)
ENG 641 Research and Resources in Technical Communication Online (Fall)
ENG 642 Technical Editing Online (Summer II)
ENG 643 Ethics in Technical Communication Online (Summer I)
The course schedule will allow students to complete the certificate program in one year.
For more information contact:
Dr. Judith Edminster
419-372-0536
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