Undergraduate Degrees
The Bachelor of Science in English and Technical Communication is a “choose your own adventure” designed to give you the flexibility to pursue your own interests while developing the skills needed to become an innovative, effective communicator in rapidly evolving career fields. After completing the core requirements of the major, you will choose an emphasis area that aligns with your goals: literature, linguistics, or technical communication. Alternatively, you may pursue the English education track, which will qualify you to teach high school English as well as prepare you for the full range of careers available to other ETC graduates.
Undergraduate Minors & Certificate
Minors
The Department of English and Technical Communication offers nine popular minors for undergraduate students. If you have already taken one or more English courses to meet your general education requirements, you may be closer to a minor than you think!
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Grad Track Program
The Grad Track Pathway offers early provisional admission to the master’s degree program to exceptional undergraduate students and is designed for these students to earn coursework credit towards their master’s degree while completing their bachelor’s degree in the same discipline.
Advising
The English and Technical Communication (ETC) advising office is here to help students navigate Missouri S&T’s unique program, which blends the humanistic study of English with the principles of technical communication.
Graduate Degrees
Master’s Degree in Technical Communication
Our M.S. in Technical Communication offers both thesis and non-thesis options and is available online and on campus.