1 / 20

Professional and Technical Communication

Professional and Technical Communication. Dr. Russell L. Kahn, Associate Professor russ@sunyit.edu SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome http://protechcomm.sunyit.edu. Skills developed in the program. High-End Technologies - New Media Communications - oral and written

whittle
Download Presentation

Professional and Technical Communication

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Professional and Technical Communication Dr. Russell L. Kahn, Associate Professor russ@sunyit.edu SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome http://protechcomm.sunyit.edu

  2. Skills developed in the program • High-End Technologies - New Media • Communications - oral and written • Design Principles - Print and online, digital photography, color theory • Web issues and concepts • Video scriptwriting and production

  3. Desktop Publishing Online or print manual design Technical Writing Presentational Speaking Communication Theory Senior Practicum Portfolio Development Core Courses

  4. Digital Photography Advanced Digital Design Advanced Web Design Animation Video Production Designing Print and Online Help Systems Graphic Design Courses

  5. Newswriting Public Relations Technical Editing Usability Testing Media and Communication Writing Computer Documentation Writing Courses

  6. Design Theory Animation Techniques Technology Evaluation Instructional Design Advanced Web Development Human Factors in Information Design Seminars in Emerging Technologies Graduate Program

  7. Technologies • Pentium IV Publishing Lab - Color printing • Group Work Rooms • Macintosh G4 Lab - Parallel processors • Most courses limited to 20 students • Digital video cameras • Digital cameras

  8. Dreamweaver Flash Fireworks Shockwave HTML Photoshop, iMovie Java, Javascript Illustrator PowerPoint Macromedia Director Adobe Acrobat QuarkXpress, PageMaker/InDesign Software

  9. Career Fields • Graphic Design & Web Mgmt • Advertising • Video Production • Animation - Streaming Video • Technical Editing • Teaching and Training • Public Relations & Journalism • Computer Documentation (print and online) • Newsletter production (print and online)

  10. Alumni Locations • PeopleSoft (Pleasanton, CA) • Mentor Graphics (Wilsonville, OR) • Litton Data Systems (San Diego, CA) • PAR Technology, Media Arts (Utica) • News10 Now (Syracuse) • IBM (Poughkeepsie) • Rome Labs (Rome) • Heidelberg Digital (Rochester) • American Express (NYC)

  11. Faculty • Mona DeVestal - Tisch School of Design, NYU • Michelle Sammon - MFA - RIT; Designer • Mark Medici - MA Advertising Design, SU; Northern Safety • Russell Kahn, Ph.D. Information Science, SUNYA • Patricia Dorazio, MA, MS RPI; Consultant • Walter Johnston, PhD - Cornell

  12. Alumni • Jennifer Vella - Media Arts - Web Design • Kevin Norris - American Express - Web Design • Tara Markert - MFA program RIT Graphic Arts • Jason Occhipinti - Design - BAE, Rome Labs • Kelly Kennerknecht - Heritage Health Care - PR • Christie Brower - Hartford Insurance - Designer • Noel Benoit - Carrier Corporation • Lynne Browne - SUNYIT Webmaster • Harold Hewitt - Rome Research Corp. • Blue Stanley - IBM Business Consulting

  13. The job outlook Median Salary 1970-2004 • Excellent job placement rates • Salaries: • Technical Communication: 2004: $60,130 • Graphic Design 65,158

  14. Advertising Electronic Commerce Marketing Public Relations Drawing Business Law Design Testing (Visiting Professor - PC Magazine) Computer Science Operating Systems Programming Foundations Java Programming Unix Programming Environment Supplemental Courses

  15. The program includes • Graduation in 1-4 years • Internships, Newspaper work • Master’s program in IDT • Professional Portfolios • 2000 Kevin Norris • 2003 Christie Brower • 2004 Graduating Seniors

  16. Tuition and Academics • $2175 per semester (in-state) • Over 85% qualify for aid • New $14 million library being built • High Speed T-3 Internet Access • Consortium with Hamilton, UC, MVCC, HCCC • Freshmen core - Humanities, Arts, American History, World Civilizations • Basic Drawing Classes

  17. Facilities • Yahoo Internet Life’s 100 Most Wired Campus • Pool, gym, indoor track • Nature trails, athletic fields • Close to the Adirondacks • New fitness center - just opened

  18. How Students Get in • Undeclared as freshmen • Joint Registration Agreements with • MVCC • HCCC • SUNY Cobleskill • Fingerlakes • Articulation agreements • Transfers from other schools

  19. Sports • National Collegiate Athletic Association (Div III), ECAC • SUNY Athletic Conference (SUNYAC). • Intercollegiate athletic sports teams include • Men’s baseball • Women's volleyball and softball • Basketball • Bowling • Golf • Soccer • Cross-Country

  20. Question and Answer Dr. Russell L. Kahn, Associate Professor russ@sunyit.edu SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome www.sunyit.edu http://protechcomm.sunyit.edu Admissions: 315 792-7500 1-800 SUNY TEC

More Related