Prepare for One of the Fastest Growing Careers with Many Opportunities to Learn
Interested in a field with good pay, a strong job market with the probability of continued growth, and plenty of opportunities to learn new things? If you have strong writing skills and the ability to present material clearly and persuasively, you may be well suited for a technical communications career. Among the materials produced by technical writers and editors (or "communicators" as they are now called in this burgeoning field) are user manuals for computers, package inserts for prescription drugs, proposals for contracts between companies, scripts for instructional videos, articles in medical and trade journals, industrial research reports, help menus and explanations inside software, and advertisements for technical products. Many professionals in this field work part-time or freelance, enjoying flexibility and free time for other work or family.
Technical communications careers can be found a number of fields, including:
- Law
- Medicine
- Science
- Technology
- Education
Put Your DeVry Degree to Work in a Technical Communications Career
When you earn your business administration degree from DeVry with a concentration/major in technical communications, you'll be prepared to apply your skills to print, video and online media as a technical writer or editor. In a technical communications career, you'll interpret data, statistics and other specialized information and then translate it into materials that can be understood easily by both technical and non-technical audiences. Your professional responsibilities could include:
- Planning, writing and editing scientific, technical and/or medical reports
- Developing equipment manuals and how-to operating and maintenance instructions
- Overseeing preparation of illustrations, photographs, diagrams and charts
- Researching and organizing information for advertising or public relations needs
- Integrating text with graphics and/or sound
Get the Technical Communications Career You Want with a Degree from DeVry
Graduates of DeVry's Business Administration bachelor's degree program with a concentration/major in Technical Communications are prepared for all these career responsibilities and more! Through a mix of informative classes and hands-on experience, you receive the in-depth, specialized education required to step into today's most rewarding technical communications careers. Or, take the next step in your career and continue your education at DeVry's Keller Graduate School to earn your MBA (Master's degree in Business Administration).
DeVry graduates in business administration with a concentration/major in technical communications will be prepared for careers in areas such as:
- Scientific, technical and medical writing and editing
- Equipment manual and operation instructions content creation
- Advertising and public relations information development
DeVry is the university where you can gain the skills, credentials and respect you need to make it big in the world of technical communications. DeVry's success at preparing its students for careers is hard to beat! Check this out.for the past year in all DeVry programs and locations combined, 91% of DeVry graduates in the active job market held positions in their chosen field within 6 months of graduation and earned average entry-level salary of $41,000.
Earn your degree at DeVry today and start your technical communications career tomorrow!
Learn more about how your business administration degree can be applied in a variety of career fields. Click to download Careers in Business fact sheet (PDF), Careers in Healthcare Technology fact sheet (PDF), Careers in Security fact sheet (PDF), and Careers in Technical Management fact sheet (PDF).
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