Are you interested in the following questions?

• How do institutions, organizations, professionals, and ordinary citizens communicate across cultures about risks, health, and science technologies?
• How do information technologies transform such communication practices?
• What are the latest trends and best practices of global professional, business, and technical communication?
• How to design and conduct research on IPTC? 

If so, ENG 798 may be the class for you! 

Topics covered:

• Comparative and contrastive rhetoric 
• World Englishes & L2 Writing
• Simplified/controlled English
• Globalization and its impacts
• World risk society and risk communication
• Internationalization and location
• Virtual teams, translation
• Web accessibility and compliance issues
• Cross-cultural design and global UX
• Global content strategy

Hands-on workshops, real-world case studies, and research projects