| There are quite a few certificate programs offered in | | | | TW106: Researched Technical Reports and Proposals |
| the United States by different universities for those | | | | TWI07: Indexing |
| just starting out and considering Technical Writing as a | | | | TW108: Technical Editing |
| career. In my honest opinion, a certificate is not | | | | TW109 User Guides with Microsoft Word |
| necessary to make it in the technical communication | | | | TW110: Starting a Technical-Writing Career |
| field but it does not hurt either, especially if your | | | | TW113: Business Communications |
| resume does not include a list of prior tech writing jobs. | | | | TW999: Special Topics in Technical Communication |
| Brooklyn College is an educational institution that you | | | | This is a very practical hands-on program that teaches |
| can certainly consider if you'd like to earn a certificate | | | | real-life skills which a technical writer can start to apply |
| in Technical Writing before you apply for a related job. | | | | right away. Their FrameMaker class is one such |
| Perhaps it's not one of the biggest schools around but | | | | offering that you can put to good use since a lot of |
| they offer a dedicated program made up of | | | | technical writing teams use FrameMaker to generate |
| continuing-education courses. | | | | and single-source documents. |
| To be eligible for the certificate, the students must take | | | | Another thing I like about Brooklyn College's program is |
| 8 classes, each $355 (at this writing) and each lasting | | | | the way they present the portfolios of their former |
| 8 weeks. The whole program costs $2840. | | | | students. That way you can see what the program |
| Here are the full curriculum of Technical Writing | | | | actually does and how various students have |
| classes at Brooklyn College: | | | | benefitted from studying at BC. I think that's actually a |
| TW100: Grammar, Usage, Mechanics for Technical | | | | brilliant idea that all other certificate programs should |
| Writers | | | | emulate since it builds trust on the part of the |
| TW101: Technical Writing Fundamentals | | | | prospective applicants. |
| TW102: Graphics for Technical Writers | | | | Check out BC's certificate program web site which |
| TW103: User Guides and FrameMaker | | | | offers good tutorials and full course descriptions as |
| TW104: Technical Documentation with XHTML and | | | | well. Google for "Brooklyn College Technical Writing |
| CSS | | | | Certificate Program. |
| TW105: Online Helps and RoboHELP | | | | |