PTC 361W - Research Methods

3 credits (Hrs: 3 Lec)

To guide our learning of research methods, we take as our starting point the question posed by technical communication scholar Carolyn Rude (2009): “How do texts (print, digital, multimedia, visual, verbal) and related communication practices mediate knowledge, values, and action in a variety of social and professional contexts?”

As a junior in Technical Communication, you will bring your own set of goals and research agenda to this course. Whether you already have an intended senior thesis/project or are without a research agenda at this point, this course will help you frame and test your research question(s).