Technical Writer

A technical writer is a professional writer who produces technical documentation that helps people understand and use a product or service. This documentation includes online help, manuals (system, end-user, training), white papers, design specifications, project plans, test plans, business correspondence, etc. With the rise of e-learning, technical writers are also charged with creating online training for their audience of learners. Technical writers explain technologies, processes, and products in many formats, including print, online, and other electronic means.

Kurt Vonnegut described technical writers as:

“…trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writing. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to the reader.”


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Related Cirriculum

Bachelors of Science - Information Science and Technology - Core Classes
  • INFOST 110 - Introduction to Information Science
  • INFOST 240 - Web Design
  • INFOST 310 - Human Factors in Information Seeking and Use
  • INFOST 315 - Knowledge Organization for Information Science and Technology
  • INFOST 340 - Introduction to Systems Analysis
  • INFOST 350 - Introduction to Application Development
  • INFOST 410 - Database Information Retrieval Systems
  • INFOST 440 - Web Application Development
  • INFOST 490 - Senior Capstone
Information Science and Technology Electives
  • INFOST 491 - Information Architecture
Other Electives
  • ENGLISH 206 - Technical Writing
  • ENGLISH 435 - Rhetoric and Professional Writing
  • ENGLISH 436 - Technical Documentation
  • ENGLISH 439 - Information Design