December 2003/January 2004

Volume 44, Number 3

Colorado State University offers M.S. in Technical Communication—A different kind of degree

Residents of 13 Western states can complete Colorado State University's M.S. in Technical Communication at in-state tuition rates.

"Residents from Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming pay in-state tuition under the Western Regional Graduate Program," said Professor Don Zimmerman, graduate program coordinator.

Colorado State University seeks applicants for its M.S. in Technical Communication for the fall 2004 term.

Graduates have taken positions with high-tech companies such as Agilent, CoCreate, Hewlett Packard, IBM, LSI, Microsoft, and StorageTek; and with government agencies such as Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA, United States Department of Agriculture, USDA Forest Service, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Graduate students in Technical Communication develop research, evaluation, and communication management expertise and an understanding of communication theory. They can then specialize in information design and usability testing, communicating science and technology, communication and technology transfer, and telecommunications.

Students have the opportunity to work in five state-of-the-art computer laboratories for writing, editing, publishing, presentations, Web development, video editing, research, data analyses, and usability testing.

The faculty bring a unique mix of teaching, professional communication experience, and research to the program. Faculty members have generated more than $6 million in outside funding from the NIH, NCI, NSF, EPA, USDA, and the USDA Forest Service over the last decade.

The Western Regional Graduate Program is administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado State University is a Class I Carnegie Research institution. Fort Collins, Colorado, has been voted one of the top 50 small towns in America. The M.S. in Technical Communication is offered both on campus in Fort Collins and at the CSU's Continuing Education Offices in Denver.

For more information, visit the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication's Web site at www.colostate.edu/Depts/TJ/ms.htm; or write Don Zimmerman, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785; or contact Professor Zimmerman by e-mail at don.zimmerman@colostate.edu or telephone at 970- 491-5674.