Technical and Business Writing

University of Houston - Downtown (UHD)

  • A program that focuses on the theory, methods, and skills needed for writing and editing scientific, technical and business papers and monographs. Find Colleges Offering Technical and Business Writing Degree.
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    • Job Description
      Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature.
      Salary and Wages

      Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

      • Total Employment: 860
      • Average Annual Salary: $71,400
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Speech Clarity
    • Job Description
      Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.
      Salary and Wages

      Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

      • Total Employment: 1,190
      • Average Annual Salary: $57,100
      • Average Hourly Rate: $27.45
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 121,511
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 124,275
      • Percent Job Growth: 2.27%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Fluency of Ideas
      • Originality
      • Near Vision
      • Speech Recognition
      • Speech Clarity
    • Job Description
      Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.
      Salary and Wages

      Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

      • Total Employment: 710
      • Average Annual Salary: $59,040
      • Average Hourly Rate: $28.38
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 49,151
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 58,741
      • Percent Job Growth: 19.51%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Near Vision
    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Technical and Business Writing
     TotalBachelorMaster
    Overall
    All Students23194
     
    By Gender
    Male1082
    Female13112
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien---
    American Indian---
    Black422
    Asian---
    Hispanic55-
    White14122
    Unknown---
     
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