Technical and Scientific Communication Minor
*Available to students who entered in or after Summer 2025.*
See Professional and Technical Writing for students who entered before Summer 2025.
Curriculum
What You'll Study
Our students are excited by challenging questions that come with writing in the 21st century:
- How do we use writing as a tool for social action?
- How do emerging technologies change how we write and how users engage with texts?
- What is the role of writers in shaping a humanistic approach to technology design?
This program prepares students to write while being focused on target audiences in a thoughtful and professional approach. You will explore the complex relationships between writing, rhetorics, technology, and culture through a humanistic lens. Our graduates go on to create user guides, online documentation, website content, scientific reports, content strategies, and other professional documents.
18 hrs
Total Credit Hours
Contact Us
If you have questions about pursuing a literature minor, please contact:
Dawn Knight
dknight1@vt.edu