Master of Arts in English, Technical Communication

The Master of Arts in English, Technical Communication program is completely online and provides students with theoretical and applied skills in such areas as technical writing, visual design, usability, ethics, stylistics, computer documentation, international communication, and the rhetoric of science.

Our students come from a variety of educational backgrounds such as Psychology, Computer Science, and English. The program’s faculty members have won prestigious awards, are well published in the field, and have considerable experience in teaching online courses.

Our graduates hold a variety of jobs in the Central Florida region; they have found work as technical writers, technical editors, information designers, web designers, corporate trainers, consultants, information developers, educators, documentation specialists, or have other communication related jobs. Still others continue on to get their Ph.D.s in programs such as UCF Department of English’s Texts and Technology program. For more information on job prospects, typical tasks, and salaries of technical communicators, see the Society for Technical Communication.

For more information about admissions and program requirements and university graduate policies, consult the UCF Graduate Catalog. If you have more questions, please contact the Graduate Programs Assistant.

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Faculty

J.D. Applen
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Rhetoric; Technical and Professional Communication; Hypertext, XML, and Digital Archiving; Literature of Science and Technology

Kathleen Bell
Associate Professor

Melody Bowdon
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Technical and Professional Communication; Gender and Technology; Service-Learning and Higher Education; Distance-Learning

Paul M. Dombrowski
Professor
Research Interests: Rhetoric theory, history, and practice, classical to contemporary; Texts and Technology, rhetorical and ethical aspects, and statistics and research design; technical communication, especially rhetorical and ethical aspects; discourse about rhetoric studies.

Madelyn Flammia
Associate Professor
Research Interests: International Technical Communication; Virtual Teams; Visual Communication; Document Design and Layout; Publication and Production; International Studies

Dan Jones
Professor

David L. Wallace
Department Chair
Research Interests: Composition theory and pedagogy; alternative rhetorical theory and practice; feminist and queer theory.

Elizabeth Wardle
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Scholoarship of Writing Program Administration; first-year composition as Writing Studies; disciplinarity of Writing Studies; genre theory; activity theory; transfer of writing-related knowledge