1. Department of English and
Modern Languages
4525 Downs Drive
St. Joseph, MO 64507
816-271-4577
www.missouriwestern.edu/eml
What are the job prospects?
• Among the top 100 jobs in
America*
• Average salary $65,000**
• Expected 15% job growth
rate between 2012-2022**
*CNNMoney.com
**Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Heartland
• Garmin
• Cerner
• DST
Where do our alumni work?
Edit
Publish
Market
Instruct
Write
Design
Technical
CommunicationThe best education teaches you how
to answer your own questions.
I still occasionally dig up articles from
Intercom and Technical Communi-
cation when I need answers for work.
The other day I was recalling one of
my classes where we discussed visual
semiotics, because I was choosing ap-
propriat images to pair with newsletter
articles.
There really IS a practical application
for all that theory!
Rachel Stancliff
MWSU Graduate
Technical Writer/Web Developer

2. What kind of work can
technical communicators do?
What types of products might
they write, edit, and design?
About the Field
From biology to law, many career
paths involve research, written
communication, or Web content
creation. With a technical
communication minor, any
graduate can improve these skills
and become a more competitive
professional.
MWSU’s minor program includes 21
credit hours of courses that can help
you:
• Learn to write grants for
research, funding, and
educational programs,
• Learn usability study methods
to enhance science education
and humanistic approaches to
technology
• Improve interpersonal
communication, as well as
problem-solving and informa-
tion technology skills
• And much more
Applied Learning
at MWSU
Get Professional Experience
Before Graduation
Student Kris Miller discusses the research presented in his
poster at a conference in Springfield, Missouri.
MWSU’s technical communication program
gives students practice working with real
businesses, as well as opportunities to
establish connections with organizations
and publications in the field. Our applied
learning opportunities include:
• Internships (mandatory for majors), on-
and off-campus
• Projects completed in class for use by
actual clients in business and non
profit sectors
• Regional conferences where students
present research and meet
employers
• Guided research paper development
to prepare the research for
publication in a field journal
• Technical writing
• Web design
• Data analysis
• Usability testing
• Indexing
• Marketing
• Video editing
• Web pages
• Scientific reports
• Promotional
documents (brochures, ads,
pamphlets)
• Video tutorials
• Product manuals
• Help files
• Business stationery
A Valuable Minor