2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

SPRING
BUS 2601 Legal and Social Environments of Business .........................3
COM 2241 Journalism* ..........................................................................3
COM 2502 Layout and Design ...............................................................3
HUM 2052 Civilization 2 ........................................................................3
LNG xxxx Foreign Language .................................................................3
15
Junior Year
FALL CREDITS
COM 3210 Editing* ...............................................................................3
COM 3425 Mass Communication ..........................................................3
LNG xxxx Foreign Language .................................................................3
Concentration Courses ........................................................6
15
SPRING
BUS 3501 Management Principles .......................................................3
COM 3070 Professional Communication for Executives ........................3
COM 4026 Publishing and the Internet ................................................3
LNG xxxx Foreign Language .................................................................3
Concentration Course ..........................................................3
15
Senior Year
FALL CREDITS
COM 4430 Research Methods and Materials in Technical
and Professional Communication ........................................3
Free Elective ........................................................................3
Humanities Elective .............................................................3
Concentration Courses ........................................................6
15
SPRING
Concentration Courses ........................................................6
Free Electives.......................................................................6
Humanities Elective .............................................................3
15
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED ......................................121
*Not always offered in semester indicated.
Minor Programs
Minors in communication and history are offered through the
department. A complete policy statement regarding minors
can be found in the Academic Overview section of this catalog.
Information about current minor offerings is available through
the individual departments/colleges.
Communication (19 credit hours)
COM 2012 Research Sources and Systems*
COM 2223 Scientific and Technical Communication
or
COM 2224 Business Writing
COM 2425 Introduction to Communication
COM 3070 Professional Communication for Executives
Three courses from the following:
COM 2150 Creative Writing
COM 2241 Journalism
COM 3085 Special Topics in Applied Communication
COM 3210 Editing
COM 3231 Writing about Science
COM 3250 Scriptwriting
COM 3285 Special Topics in Professional Writing and Editing
COM 3425 Mass Communication
COM 3440 Public Relations
COM 3485 Special Topics in Theoretical Communication
COM 3585 Special Topics in Visual Communication
COM 4026 Publishing and the Internet
COM 4085 Communication Technology: Issues and Applications
COM 4424 Advanced Business and Professional Communication
Note: At least nine (9) credit hours of the communication minor must be
taken in the Florida Tech Department of Humanities and Communication.
History (19 credit hours)
COM 2012 Research Sources and Systems*
HUM 3331 American History: Pre-Columbian to Civil War Era
HUM 3332 American History: From Reconstruction to the Present
HUM 3351 History of Science and Technology: Ancient and Medieval
HUM 3352 History of Science and Technology: Renaissance to Present
Six credit hours from the following:
HUM 1015 Mythology
HUM 2085 Critical Approaches to Humanities and Social Science
HUM 2141 World Art History 1
HUM 2480 Introduction to Political Science
HUM 3026 The Civilization of Islam
HUM 3385 Special Topics in History
HUM 3521 World Religions
*Research Sources and Systems is a one credit-hour course.
grADuATe Degree ProgrAm
Master of Science
Technical and Professional Communication __________
Program Chair
Judith B. Strother, Ph.D.
The master of science program in technical and professional
communication stresses the development of practical, careeroriented
written, oral and analytical skills necessary for success
in business, industry and management, and in a wide variety of
technical and professional contexts. The degree program combines
theory and document analysis with practice in generating
written documents in a wide variety of forms and styles, from
research-based papers and academic articles to formal reports
and proposals; revising and editing technical, scientific and
managerial documents for a variety of professional purposes;
designing and publishing professional-quality documents; and
problem solving and communication-oriented decision making in
collaborative team environments.
Admission Requirements
An applicant should have a bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S. or
B.B.A.) prior to admission. Because of the interdisciplinary
nature of this graduate program, students with undergraduate
degrees in a wide variety of fields (e.g., biological sciences, business,
communication, computer science, engineering, English,
journalism, management, psychology, and physical and social
sciences) are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should submit official transcripts of all undergraduate
and graduate work undertaken previously; two letters of recommendation
from academic or professional sources; GRE Verbal
and Analytical test scores totaling at least 1,000; and a discursive
writing sample (e.g., an academic research or critical paper,
professional proposal, manual, or business or technical report).
General admission requirements and the process for applying are
presented in the Academic Overview section of this catalog.
Degree Requirements
The program consists of 36 credit hours of approved graduate
course work, including both required courses and electives
tailored to meet the student’s professional needs. Students are
required to enroll in 15 credit hours of core courses, 12 credit
hours of advanced course work in technical and professional communication,
and six credit hours of elective courses to complement
and broaden their professional skills. To complete the
program, a student either produces and defends a design project
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