| INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
The Rhetoric and Technical Communication
(RTC) program at Michigan Tech provides innovative, broad-based,
interdisciplinary degrees that draw students into study across a
range of fields, focusing on the complex interactions among rhetoric
and communication within their social and cultural contexts. Special
attention is given to the changing role of technology, communication,
and representation in contemporary societies.
Recognizing that today's challenging issues often require analysis
from across disciplinary perspectives, the RTC program is designed
to draw on the diverse talents of some thirty-plus distinguished
graduate faculty members. These faculty do research and teach in
the areas named by the degree title Rhetoric & Technical
Communication, but also across many fields of the humanities.
Faculty and students work within and across
these overlapping areas that share many theoretical and practical
perspectives. Students choose two streams in which to construct
a major and minor focus for their course work, and consult closely
with advisors to build a coherent program of study.
Our goal is to work closely with students,
to challenge and prepare them broadly, but also deeply, to consider
important issues of communication and rhetoric in a rapidly changing
technological world. We seek flexible, intellectually curious, highly
motivated students interested in joining a program that has a real
commitment to student success through challenging, advanced study
and intensive mentoring.
Requirements for each of the degrees
offered can be found at the links below:
See these links for more information on
applying to Michigan Tech:
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SPECIAL RESOURCES
The RTC Program also provides several special
resources to students wishing to expand their professional portfolios,
including many administrative and editorial internships, advanced
workshops in technology and education, and advanced mentoring opportunities.
- Center for Computer-Assisted Language Instruction
(CCLI): www.hu.mtu.edu/ccli
The Humanities Department maintains an up-to-date computer laboratory,
the Center for Computer-Assisted Language Learning, with equipment
including numerous high-end PC and Macintosh computers, latest
versions of industry-stand software, flatbed and slide scanners,
CD burners, digital cameras (including Firewire download connections),
and digital video cameras, backed by an extensive resource library.
The labs are used for technology-intensive pedagogy and research.
- Writing Center: www.hu.mtu.edu/wc
Students research literacy and coach students across campus in
this cutting-edge, nationally recognized learning center.
- Media Classroom: This high-tech
classroom has a control booth equipped with film projectors, DVDs,
VCRs, cassette decks, and other stereophonic equipment; plus wide
projection screens, a PC and Macintosh in the room, with projectors
and hookups to the Internet. An active "Teaching with Instructional
Technology" group does research, instruction, and critical
analysis of the latest techniques, software, and equipment.
- Initiatives and Mentoring
- Graduate Professional Development
seminars: held several times each semester to provide
intensive mentoring of students preparing for the job market.
- Practicum in Oral, Written, &
Visual Communication Pedagogy
- Practicum in Technical Communication
Pedagogy
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