{"id":95,"date":"2020-10-08T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:33:20","slug":"degrees-and-certificates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/degrees-and-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Degrees and Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h3><strong>Our department offers three majors:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Technical Communications:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For the traditional technical communicator\/writer who develops new-product documentation in high-tech industries but who also writes technical reports and other documents in business and government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Business &amp; Government Communications:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> For professionals in government and business who do a lot of writing in their work but who are not trained as writers and whose job titles do not include \u201cwriter.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Social Media Communications:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Designed to enable technical communication students <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others to get employment as social media strategists, social media specialists, and social media managers or coordinators.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#eaeaea","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","heading":"Award Plans","accordion":[{"title":"<h5 style=\"color: black\"><strong>Technical Communications<\/strong><\/h5>","description":"<div class=\"journey\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Certificate and the Associate of Applied Science in the Technical Communications Specialization provide preparation essential for careers in technical communications. Courses include developing print and online materials, online helps, web sites, and graphics; working within the documentation process as writers, editors, reviewers, designers, and coordinators; exploring industry developments involving single sourcing, content management, and document control; using software applications most in demand by employers to develop portfolio-quality documents; and, most importantly, practicing clear succinct direct writing that is carefully adapted to its intended audience.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate and degree plans are flexible: courses can be substituted from the other specialization. Contact the department chairperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can find the most recent program maps for the Technical Communications degree and certificate here:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"view-header\">\n<h3><strong>Associate of Applied Science Degree<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8235&amp;yr=2024\"><strong>Award Plan | Degree Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Certificate Level 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8235&amp;yr=2024\"><strong>Award Plan | Degree Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"title":"<h5 style=\"color: black\"><strong>Business &amp; Government Communications<\/strong><\/h5>","description":"<div class=\"journey\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Certificate and the Associate of Applied Science in the Business &amp; Government Specialization are designed for information specialists in business and government who write a lot in their work but who are not trained as writers and whose job titles do not include \u201cwriter.\u201d Courses include developing print, online, and graphic materials; writing grant and new-business proposals as well as effective business correspondence; handling statistical material both in text as well as in tables, charts, and graphs; using software applications common to the business and government work environments; and, most importantly, practicing clear succinct direct writing that is carefully adapted to its intended audience and that gets the job done.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate and degree plans are flexible: courses can be substituted from the other specialization. Contact the department chairperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can find the most recent program map for the Business &amp; Government Communications degree and certificate here:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"view-header\">\n<h3><strong>Associate of Applied Science Degree<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/awardplans\/awardplan.php?year=2024&amp;type=CC&amp;group=PCTEC&amp;nid=28568&amp;apid=8232\">Award Plan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8232&amp;aos=ARDMC&amp;yr=2024\">Degree Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Certificate Level 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8233&amp;yr=2024\">Award Plan <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8233&amp;aos=ARDMC&amp;yr=2024\">Degree Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"title":"<h5 style=\"color: black\"><strong>Social Media Communications<\/strong><\/h5>","description":"<div class=\"journey\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Certificate and the Associate of Applied Science in the Social Media Communications Specialization are designed to enable technical communication students and others to get employment as social media strategists, social media specialists, and social media managers or coordinators.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate and degree plans are flexible: courses can be substituted from the other specialization. Contact the department chairperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can find the most recent program maps for the Social Media Communications degree and certificate here:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"view-header\">\n<h3><strong>Associate of Applied Science Degree<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/awardplans\/awardplan.php?year=2024&amp;type=CC&amp;group=PCTEC&amp;nid=28568&amp;apid=8330\">Award Plan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8330&amp;aos=ARDMC&amp;yr=2024\">Degree Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Certificate Level 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/awardplans\/awardplan.php?year=2024&amp;type=CC&amp;group=PCTEC&amp;nid=28568&amp;apid=8331\">Award Plan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=8331&amp;yr=2024\">Degree Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n"}],"background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"Recommended Electives","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1344\" style=\"float: right;margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 30px\" src=\"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/Asset-5-1-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/Asset-5-1.png?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/acctechcomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/03\/Asset-5-1.png?w=691&amp;ssl=1 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Courses offered by the Visual Communication program and by the Computer Information Systems program are highly recommended for careers in technical communication. 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