TC Concentration

Students work together on a research project.All students interested in pursuing the Technical Communication (TC) option within the BS in HCDE program should contact the academic advisor. Please review the BS in HCDE: TC course of study form.

The TC concentration provides students with practical applications and fundamental concepts in technical communication, including information design, software user-assistance, editing practices, and uses of software applications to solve communication problems.

Students complete the TC concentration based on the following requirements:

  1. Take HCDE 401* Style & Editing in Scientific and Technical Writing (5 credits)
  2. Take at least three of the TC elective courses listed below (12–15 credits)
  3. Take at least 7 to 10 additional approved elective credits.

Additional HCDE Courses

  • HCDE 407 Software User Assistance (5)
  • HCDE 412 Print Production (5)
  • HCDE 496** Directed Research (minimum 3 cr)
  • One of the following:
    • HCDE 438 Web Tools (5)
    • INFO 343 Web Technologies (5)
    • INFO 444 Value Sensitive Design (5)

*HCDE 401 has a co-requisite of Linguistics 100 or English 371
**To use HCDE 496 credits towards the three additional HCDE courses section, the research must be approved by the directing faculty member as TC-oriented.

Contact HCDE Advising

Stephanie White

Stephanie White
(206) 221-6230
428 Sieg Hall
whitesj@uw.edu