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Tech Writing Training in New Jersey
by Michael Jeter
The University/College system of New Jersey offers many opportunities for training in technical writing. Whether you want to receive a full certificate, or just take a few specialty courses, New Jersey colleges will meet your needs.
Rutgers/New Brunswick offers an extensive technical writing certificate. In addition to a tech writing principles course, and a grant writing course?fairly typical in technical writing certificates?Rutgers also offers specialty courses, such as Writing for Biology/Natural Sciences and Writing for Engineers. You will find a full description of the Rutgers Certificate in Technical Writing at: http://bizntech.rutgers.edu/ certificate programs.html#tech.
NJIT offers both a BA and BS in Pro-fessional and Technical Communication. These degrees combine specialized technical writing courses such as Rutgers offers with laboratory/software courses. A sampling of these laboratory courses in-clude Information Systems and Productivity Toolware, Multimedia Communication, and Electronic Publishing Lab within complete undergraduate degrees that include foreign language study (the BA), history, math (calculus, statistics), science and a physical education (!) requirement. You can find a complete description of the programs at: http://www.njit.edu/old/catalog/undergraduate/00Fall/5.html.
Essex Community College in Newark offers a Certificate Program in Digital Media and Electronic Publishing. This certificate includes courses in Computer Enhanced Layout & Design, Desktop Publishing and Presentation Graphics, Electronic Mechanical/Pre-Press Production, Basic Web Page Design and Video Graphic Design. For more information contact the Humanities Division at (973) 877–3319/3320, or Admissions at (973) 877–1941.
Middlesex County College offers a Technical Writing Certificate that includes courses in Writing Proposals, Writing Technical Articles, and Writing Standard Operating Procedures/Manuals. To find out more about the technical writing certificate, call 732–906–2256. In addition, Middlesex offers online courses in web design, graphic design, and multimedia. For more information on these online courses, call (800) 258–4115 or E-mail: middlesex@sessions.edu. Middlesex also offers a Technical Writing credit–earning course through their English Department.
All community colleges also offer various courses in software applications, such as Microsoft Office. Contact your local community colleges. I hope to continue this article in the next newsletter. If there are any additions/omissions, please send them to: mdjwrites@aol.com, RE: Technical Writing Article Changes.
I also acknowledge my employment by Middlesex, Essex, and Hudson County College English Departments, and that my own certificate in Technical Writing came from Middlesex County College.
The Information Turnpike, Summer, 2003 Volume 1, Issue 2
The Information Turnpike, the newsletter of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is published for the benefit of its membership. Articles in this publication may be reprinted with the permission of the author. The copyright will remain the property of the author. This newsletter invites writers to submit articles to be considered for publication to Mary Kerslake, Editor, at mckerslake@aol.com. The newsletter staff reserves the right to shorten or edit articles as necessary for inclusion in the publication.
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