Professional Writing and Technical Communication
Issued by
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Recipients of the Professional Writing and Technical Communication Specialization have enhanced skills beyond the basics of writing and editing. Students have worked to enhance their skills to effectively communicate technical details and utilize industry-specific terminology when writing for specific workplace audiences. Students have explored tools, worked on identifying errors in content and context structure, and identified the challenges editors face beyond editing documents.
- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Adaptability To Work With Modern Tools
- Audience Analysis
- Disseminating Technical Content
- DITA (The Darwin Information Typing Architecture)
- Drafting
- Editing
- Human Factors
- Interact With SME's (Subject Matter Experts)
- Planning
- Problem-Solving
- Research
- Revising
- Storytelling
- Task Analysis
- Task-Oriented Writing
- Troubleshooting Interviewing Skills
- Writing For Localization
- Writing For Mobile Delivery
- Writing To Style Guidelines
Earning Criteria
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Completed at least 4 of the courses available. Met all requirements for Professional Writing and Technical Communication Specialization. Earned at least 6 units, which may result in a mix of UC credit and CEUs.