Master of Science in Technology and Humanities
33 credit hours
TH core (18 credit hours)
Electives (minimum of 12 credit hours)
Project or thesis (minimum of 3 credit hours)
Project review or thesis exam
Curriculum
Students preparing for careers in industry are advised to take the project option, while students preparing for a Ph.D. may wish to take the thesis option. The exam committee for each option requires two Category 1 faculty members from the Department of Humanities, at least one of them from the graduate program in technology and humanities. Students may apply up to 6 credit hours in one of the following courses: COM 594 or COM 591
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | (18) | |
| COM 521 | Theory in Technology and Humanities | 3 |
| COM 538 | Entrepreneurship in Technical Communication | 3 |
| COM 545 | Writing for Academic Publication | 3 |
| COM 601 | Research Methods and Resources | 3 |
| HUM 610 | Technology and Humanities Seminar | 3 |
| COM 602 | Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| or COM 603 | Quantitative Research Methods | |
| Additional Required Courses | (12) | |
| Select a minimum of one course from each of the categories below: | 12 | |
Communication and Media Studies group (see options below) | ||
Linguistics group (see options below) | ||
Any 400- or 500-level course in history | ||
Any 400- or 500-level course in philosophy | ||
| Master's Research | (3-6) | |
| COM 594 | Project 1 | 3-6 |
| or COM 591 | Research and Thesis for Master's Degree | |
Minimum degree credits required: 33
| 1 | Students pursuing the project option are required to take between 3-6 credit hours of COM 594; students pursuing the thesis option require between 3-6 credit hours of COM 591. |
Communication and Media Studies
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| COM 528 | Document Design | 3 |
| COM 530 | Standards-Based Web Design | 3 |
| COM 531 | Web Application Development | 3 |
| COM 532 | Rhetoric of Technology | 3 |
| COM 541 | Information Structure and Retrieval | 3 |
| COM 552 | Gender and Technological Change | 3 |
| COM 553 | Globalization and Localization | 3 |
| COM 554 | Science and Technology Studies | 3 |
| COM 571 | Persuasion | 3 |
| COM 574 | Communications in Politics | 3 |
| COM 577 | Communication Law and Ethics | 3 |
| COM 584 | Humanizing Technology | 3 |
Linguistics
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| COM 501 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| COM 506 | World Englishes | 3 |
| COM 508 | Structure of Modern English | 3 |
| COM 509 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| COM 510 | The Human Voice: Description, Analysis, and Application | 3 |
| COM 515 | Discourse Analysis | 3 |
