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Master of Technical and Professional Communication

Our students and alumni Enjoy writing?
Like learning new technologies?
Appreciate good design?
Thrive as a member of a team?

Auburn University’s Master of Technical and Professional Communication may be the graduate program for you.

Since the first students graduated in 2002, more than 50 students have earned MTPC degrees. Almost all of those students (more than 90%) are employed; most got jobs within a few weeks of graduation. According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, demand for technical communicators is expected to increase faster than the demand for other types of writers “because of the continuing expansion of scientific and technical information and the need to communicate it to others.”

The MTPC program is a flexible, 30 credit-hour graduate program that prepares students for a great variety of positions as writers, editors, web designers, information developers, proposal specialists, corporate trainers, among others in this fast-growing field.

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"Since graduating in 2002 with my MTPC, I have been lucky enough to find jobs that allow me to focus on writing, but challenge me to develop new skills and accept greater responsibility. My MTPC degree along with my coordinated minor in Adult Education helped pave the way for an exciting career change that has lasted 7 years and counting!"

Lowell Lambert (MTPC '02)
Senior Technical Writer for Global Tel* Link

To answer your questions about the MTPC program and to apply for admission, contact:

Dr. Isabelle Thompson, Coordinator, MTPC program
Department of English
Auburn University, Alabama 36849
Phone: 334-844-4339
Email: thompis@auburn.edu

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Last updated June 23, 2009