Technical Communication- Graduate Level

Program Description

The Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Technical Communication curriculum is designed to provide instruction for working technical and scientific communicators and graduate-level communication students to enhance their knowledge and skills base. After completing this certificate program, students should be able to apply technical communication principles to analyze a project’s audience and purpose, and based on this analysis, produce technical documents in several media that are of professional quality and appropriate for the communication situation.

The certificate program, whenever possible, provides opportunities for students to apply knowledge to solve community and industry problems within the field of technical communication through authentic learning opportunities in the program’s courses.

 The program is supported by faculty and staff from the Department of Rhetoric in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences. Faculty members are widely recognized as experts in their fields of study.

Student Benefits  

  • Prepare for a career move by gaining new skills
  • Engage in projects for authentic clients
  • Learn and strengthen core competencies in technical communication, including information design, editing, and visual design
  • Apply knowledge of technical communication within specific workplace situations
  • Collaborate with a community of learners and professionals in the field of technical communication  
  • Plan a program that best fits your career plans
  • Enhance skills in order to be more effective in current position
  • Courses offered late afternoon and evenings, online and daytime courses are also available for the most flexibility for your schedule
  • The College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences has approved the use of this certificate in their M.S. in Scientific & Technical Communication degree program.

Getting Started

See the section on admissions for detailed information. If you would like to get started by taking a class before seeking admission to the Technical Communications certificate, visit our registration page.

For more information on this, or any other certificate program, contact us at cceinfo@umn.edu or call 612-624-4000.