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Technical Communication III: Information Design

JOURN X467

73278
Delivery Options Online

Study the principles and best practices for information design in today’s workplace. Learn the fundamentals of graphic design theory while gaining valuable knowledge in the human information processing system. Learn how to understand and build information graphics in technical writing during a 12-week workshop in data visualization. This is a class in visual thinking for technical writers who need to create effective visual explanations for their audience. Enrollment is limited.

Prerequisites: Technical Communication I JOURN X465

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Section 010

Sep 28, 2021 to Dec 21, 2021 Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (2 units)

$810.00

Type Online, Fixed Date

Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.

Dates

Sep 28, 2021 to Dec 21, 2021

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Instructors

  • Arun Nevader

Section Notes

TEXTBOOK NOTE: Students will also be required to purchase a reader within the course. 

TEXTBOOK NOTE: Most of the required texts are also available in eBook formats.

Section Materials

  • Textbook (Mandatory) Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic © 2015 Wiley 1st edition ISBN-13: 978-1119002253
  • Textbook (Mandatory) Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice! by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic © 2019 Wiley 1st edition ISBN-13: 978-1119621492
  • Textbook (Mandatory) Observe, Collect, Draw!: A Visual Diary by Giorgia Lupi, Stefanie Posavec © 2018 Princeton Architectural Press 1st edition ISBN-13: 978-1616897147
  • Textbook (Mandatory) Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand by Connie Malamed © 2011 Rockport Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1592537419
  • Textbook (Mandatory) Guide to Graphic Design by Scott W. Santoro © 2013 Pearson 1st edition ISBN-13: 978-0132300704

This course applies to the following programs:

Interdisciplinary Writing Program

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Individualized Study Plan

  • Effective Writing in the Workplace
  • Writing for Social Media: Prose That Works for Web 2.0
  • Grammar, Mechanics and Usage for Editors
  • Journalism Workshop
  • Science Writing
  • Writing the Feature Story
  • Introduction to Public Relations Writing
  • Writing and Editing Internship Program
  • Editorial Workshop I: Introduction to Copyediting
  • Writing Skills Workshop
  • Writing Creative Nonfiction
  • Creative Nonfiction Workshop
  • Developing the Memoir
  • Developing the Memoir II
  • The Craft of Reading
  • The Craft of Writing
  • Exploring Creative Writing
  • Introduction to Writing Fiction
  • Intermediate Fiction Writing
  • Advanced Fiction Writing
  • Developing the Novel
  • Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
  • Poetry Workshop
  • Poets Studied and in Conversation
  • American Fiction
  • The English Novel
  • Great Novels You Always Meant to Read
  • Mystery Fiction
  • Shakespeare
  • Editorial Workshop II: Intermediate Copyediting
  • Advanced Editorial Workshop
  • Indexing: Theory and Application
  • Technical Communication I
  • Technical Communication II
  • Technical Communication III: Information Design

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Professional Sequence in Technical Communication

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Required Courses

  • Grammar, Mechanics and Usage for Editors
  • Technical Communication I
  • Technical Communication II
  • Technical Communication III: Information Design

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Notes

To contact the department office, email extension-letters@berkeley.edu or call (510) 643-1110.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:

  • TOEFL: 90
  • IELTS Academic Format: 7
  • DAAD: C1
  • TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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Arun Nevader

Arun Nevader, B.A., has taught Technical Communication at Berkeley since 2000. He focuses on an industry related approach to the field with an emphasis on information design. After joining the teaching staff at UC Berkeley Extension in 2015, he began teaching courses in Technical Editing and Visual Design for Technical Communication. Currently he is working on curriculum development for the new online Technical Communication Certificate Program. Aside from his
teaching, Arun works as a press photographer for Getty Images. He has covered major fashion weeks and film festival events since 2001. Previously, he worked as a freelance photojournalist and book editor. Arun’s syndicated photographs have appeared in publications, magazines and newspapers worldwide.

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