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Online Degrees » Ellis College of N.Y.I.T » Certificate in Technical Writing
Certificate in Technical Writing[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Ellis College brings you the career-oriented professional education, in an online environment that is collaborative, stimulating.
In most of the companies the demand for technical writers—professionals with specialized knowledge and skills are increased that are much needed in a variety of settings—including the IT, telecommunications, banking, manufacturing, government, medical and pharmaceutical industries. Technical writers are key communicators and are tasked with a wide range of projects that include instruction books, user guides, white papers, online documentation and technical graphics, support manuals, corporate communications, and industry analyses.
Technical writers role is critical but opportunies for technical writer are wide because they can be employed successfully as integrated contributors to a company structure.
This include the following online program:
- College Success Seminar
This course is designed specially for new students. Form this course student can develop confidence in their academic and social endeavors.
- Writing for the Technical Professions
This is middle level writing course for students of the physical and lifes sciences and technology.
This course incules resume writing, technical reports and oral presentations. Methods and procedures of research are studied in depth.
- Introduction to Visual Literacy
In this course 2D and 3D technology is introduced to student through which student can design fundamentals
that emphasize the relationships between line, mass and form in organizing the elements that create statements within the frame. This couse coves application of color and theory, uses of photography and typography, internet site and page design.
- Survey of Technical & Professional Document Production
This course covers the relationship between written and visual material, traditional copy preparation and design, desktop publishing, traditional printing techniques for books, brochures, pamphlets, and newsletters. Students will produce their own brochures, pamphlets, and newsletters.
- Advanced Technical Writing
Advanced Technical Writing focused around planning and producing electronic and print-based manuals. It will include: information gathering, usability testing, group collaboration, project management, using text and graphics, relevant technologies, and writing techniques.
- Writing for the Web
Writing for the Web include advanced aspects of creating multimedia, hypertext, and online help documents. This will cover the following topics: linear and nonlinear planning structures ("information architecture"), writing stylistics, the rhetoric and use of graphics, linking, reading and editing online, project management.
- Introduction to Digital Imaging
From this course student can create a personal web page. Students create imagery using drawing and painting software. Most of importance is on the development of the Internet as a resource for communication. Each student creates a personal web page.
- The Art of Prose: Scientific and Technical Literature
In this course the art of prose writing is explored in depth. This course covers the development of scientific and technical literature.
- Advanced Writing and Editing
An advanced technical writing techniques including technical aspects of editing and interpersonal skills employed by successful editors.
- Seminar in Professional Writing
This course include an advanced seminar in a specialized topic, utilizing the expertise of an instructor from the profession at large.
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