What do Professional and Technical Communication majors do?

Professional and Technical Communication majors gain skills in nearly all productive and transactional aspects of communication, while focusing on the impact of new media on our global culture. Specific skills include expertise in audience analysis, the ability to adapt communication to situation, genre knowledge, advanced understandings in problem-solving, visual communication, format, graphics, and user-centered design. With this degree, students will acquire a progressive understanding of information technologies, new media, and communication issues while having developed a professional ePortfolio to use throughout their professional careers.