For example, COMS 3355 fulfills a requirement in social sciences as well as the oral communication requirement for the specialization, and COMS 3332 fulfills the multicultural requirement as well as a tech comm requirement. The job market for technical writers is strongest in the computer industry or in industries that use computer applications, including financial services and medicine. Thus, a technical writer might work for a bank documenting the programs that the bank uses to keep financial records. Many job announcements include the requirement of programming knowledge. The companies will not expect the writers to program, but knowledge of programming will help writers work with the programmers and understand the company's products.
Some companies use programming, along with grades, to screen applicants.
That is, they will interview only those students who know programming. They also get jobs faster and have more choices. And, they learn their new jobs faster when they begin with knowledge of concepts. It is usually offered in the spring semester. An established program Technical writing has been taught at Texas Tech since 1927, and an undergraduate specialization in English was developed in the 1970s.