Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2018

Advocating for Sustainability: A Report on and Critique of the Undergraduate Capstone Course

Lisa Melonçon University of South Florida ; Joanna Schreiber Georgia Southern University

Abstract

The authors provide an overview of what capstone courses do by presenting information from across the field based on materials received from and interviews with technical and professional communication program administrators and faculty. The authors then point to opportunities to improve the course. Finally, the authors argue for sustainable program development as the theoretical framework to perform programmatic work.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
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2018-10-02
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2018.1515407
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