Online Courses

Our department offers a number of online courses for both local and distance students. The department also offers an online M.S. in Technical Communication and Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication.

When registering for online classes, distance (off-campus) students should sign up for the distance online section (if there is one), while local (on-campus) students should sign up for the regular online section. Not all online courses are dual-listed as distance and regular, but many are. Some courses are offered online in the summer only.

The following table lists only the English and tech com courses that are offered online in our department and the formats in which they are offered:

Courses

Online*

Both*

Blended*

Hybrid*
ENGL 1120 Exposition and Argumentation   X    
ENGL 1160 Writing and Research   X    
ENGL/TCH COM 1600 Introduction to Technical Communication

in summer

(async) 

   X  
ENGL 1211 British Literature 1: Beginnings to 1800

in summer

(sync)

      
ENGL 1212 British Literature 2: 1800 to the Present

in summer

(async)  

      
ENGL 2240 Children's Literature

in summer

(sync)

      
ENGL 2241 Adolescent Literature

in summer

(sync)

      
ENGL 2243 Science Fiction

in summer

(async) 

   X  
ENGL 2244 Fantasy Literature

in summer

(async)  

   X   
ENGL/TCH COM 2560 Technical Marketing Communication   X    
ENGL 3001 Special Topics: Myth and Folklore

in summer

(async)  

      
TCH COM 3580 Business Communication

X

(async)

      
ENGL 3560 Technical Writing   X    
TCH COM 3570 Writing in the Sciences

X

(async) 

      
TCH COM 4520 Help Authoring       X
TCH COM 4450 International Dimensions of Technical Communication

X

(sync)

      
TCH COM 4550 Proposal Writing       X
TCH COM 5510 Technical Editing

X

(sync)

      
TCH COM 5530 Usability Studies       X
TCH COM 5550 Advanced Proposal Writing       X
TCH COM 5610 History of Technical Communication

X

(sync)

      
TCH COM 5620 Research Methods in Technical Communication

X

(async) 

      
TCH COM 5560 Web-Based Communication       X
TCH COM 6450 Advanced International Technical Communication

X

(sync)

      

TCH COM 6440 Advanced Theories of Visual Technical Communication

X

(sync)

      

TCH COM 6600 Foundations of Technical Communication

X

(sync)

        
   

*Online: All sections of a course meet only in an online format, either synchronous (at the same time) or asynchronous (at different times).

*Both: In these courses, there is a traditional classroom section (or several) and a separate online section (or several). The two formats—traditional and online—are usually offered in the same semester, but they may be offered in different semesters.

*Blended: In this type of course, all of the students in a section attend some class periods online (or do an equivalent amount of asynchronous online work) and attend other class periods in a traditional classroom.

*Hybrid: Some of the students in a section of a course attend all class periods online while other students in the same section attend all class periods in a traditional classroom.

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