The amount of work experience required of graduate students prior to entering the MSTCO program ensures students have a thorough understanding of how to succeed in a professional setting before learning how to succeed in a managerial position.

Admissions Requirements

Graduate students are selected on the basis of their stated professional goals, related work experience, and educational background. Because technical communication is a relatively new, hybrid field, undergraduate degrees in a variety of disciplines are acceptable, provided the degree is obtained from an accredited institution. Successful MSTCO graduates have come from such disciplines as engineering, English, psychology, business, journalism, library science, and—of course—technical communication.

Standard admission requirements include the following:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in any discipline
• 3.0 GPA
• Three years or more experience in technical communication or a related discipline.

Additionally, international students must submit scores on the TOEFL test when applying for admission. If your native language is not English, you must submit an evaluation of your English proficiency. Because English language skills are so critical to the job performance of technical communicators, you must be very proficient.