M.S. in Technical and Professional Communication
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Stout
P.O. Box 790
Menomonie, WI 54751-0790
715/232-2358 office
715/232-1346 fax
February26,2016
TO: MSTPCStudents
FROM:
Dr.JulieWatts,ProgramDirector
RE:
Summer2016CourseRegistration
RegistrationforUW-Stout’sSummer2016classesopensformostgraduatestudentsonMarch3.
Tosearchforcoursesandtofindoutthetime/dateyoucanregister,logintoAccessStoutandfollow
thesesteps:
1. AtyourAccessStoutdashboard,findtheEnrollmentDatesbox.
2. Inthebox,clickontheDetailslink.
3. SelecttheSummer2016term.
4. Findtheday/timethatyourEnrollmentAppointmentbeginsfortheRegularAcademicSession.
ThestudentbelowcanbeginregisteringforSummer2016classesat8amCST,March3.
Asyouregister,keepthesepointsinmind:
• EnrollmentbeginsonMarch3.Ifyouareanewstudentorhaveearnedonlyafewcredits
towardyourdegree,yourregistrationdaymaybeaslateasMarch7th.
• SpeaktomefirsttoenrollinENGL-735FieldProjectorENGL-770Thesis.Ifyouareinterested
infulfillingyourIndependentResearchrequirement(ENGL-735orENGL-770),youwillneedto
filloutpaperworkandobtainsignaturesbeforeenrollingforthesecredits,andIwillhelpyoudo
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this.TheGraduateSchoolregistersyouinENGL-735orENGL-770afterthispaperworkis
properlysubmitted.YoumaynotenrollforthesecoursesonyourownthroughAccessStout.
Checkyourtimeofregistration.Thetimethatyoumayregisterdiffersfromstudenttostudent.
Someofyoumaynotbeabletoregisteruntilnoon;othersmaybeginat8a.m.Checkyourday
andtimecarefully.
RememberthatallregistrationtimesareCST.Whilethisisnotspecified,thetimeyoumay
beginregisteringshouldbeshownasCentralStandardTime.
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VisittheRegistrationandRecordspageforcompleteregistrationinformation.
SELECTEDSTUDY
ThefollowingcourseshelptofulfilltheSelectedStudyportionofyourProgramPlan.
ENGL-615.960C(1004)TechnicalWriting(3credits)Dr.AndreaDeacon(offeredJune13-August7)
On-the-jobwritingforbusinessandindustry;reports,lettersandotherdocuments.
INMGT-565.960(1445)ProjectManagement(3credits)DennisJones(offeredJune13-August7)
Thiscoursefocusesontheplanning,scheduling,andcontroloftechnicalprojects.Topicsincludeactivity
identification,networkdiagrams,scheduling,PERT/CPM,costanalysis,resourcemanagement,and
computercontrol.(ThiscourserequiresyoutohaveaccesstoaPC.)
ENGL-737.960C(1006)TechnicalandProfessionalCommunicationPortfolio(1credit)Dr.JulieWatts
(offeredJuly11-August7)Analysisandproductionofportfoliosforuseinacademiaandindustry.
SPCOM-508.960C(1007)SpeechSkillsforBusinessandIndustry(2credits)Dr.AmandaBrown
(offeredJune13-August7)Professionalcommunication;projectsemphasizingtheapplicationoforal
presentationskillsinbusinessandprofessionalcontexts.
INMGT-600.960(1447)OrganizationalLeadership(3credits)Dr.SallyDresdow(offeredJune13August7)Addressestheleader’sroleinaccomplishingorganizationalobjectivesthroughthe
managementanddevelopmentoffollowers.Conceptsoforganizationalandindividualbehaviorserveas
afoundationforthedevelopmentofleadershipskillssuchascommunication,motivation,leading,team
building,andbuildingcredibilityandconflictmanagement.
ENGL-637(1005)TechnicalWritingPracticum(1-3credits)Dr.JulieWatts(offeredJune13-August7)
Plan,writeandproduceatechnicaldocumentforaclient.Principlesofdocumentdesign,clearwriting
foraspecificaudience,methodsofdeterminingclientneeds,andmethodsofproducingthefinal
document.
ENGL-637allowsyoutogetMSTPCcoursecreditfortechnicalwritingworkthatyoudoforarealclient,
organization,orbusiness.Thisisagoodcoursetohaveonyourtranscriptifyoudon’thavealotof
workplaceexperienceorifyouwanttoshowcaseaparticularkindofwork.Forexample,maybeyour
currentjobdoesn’tallowyoutodomuchwebdesignwork.However,youhavealotofwebdesign
knowledge,soyoufindaclientwhoneedswebworkdone.Thenyouenrollfor637,enrollingforupto3
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creditsroughlyestimatingthenumberofhoursyou’llplantoworkfortheclient(Icanhelpyoudothis
estimate).Atthestartofthesemester,you’llwriteupabrief1-3pagememotothecourseinstructor,
whichdetailsthepurposeforthework,abriefdescriptionoftheclient,thebasictasksyou’llperform,
andabriefdescriptionofthedeliverable(thedocument,website,etc)thatyouplantoproduce.During
thelastweekofthesemester,you’llwriteupasecondmemototheinstructor,whichdescribesthe
natureoftheworkyou’veaccomplished(ifthedocument/projectisn’tproprietary,it’sgreattoalso
includeexamplesofyourcompletedwork).
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