Lisa, a woman with two-tone red and purple dyed hair and wearing a white blazer, stands in front of a large red X. The spotlight is on her as she hosts the event.

Professor Lisa Pavia-Higel MCs the Missouri S&T TEDx event.

Alumna Olivia Brandt sitting behind her students

Alumna Olivia Brandt (English BA, 2011) teaches at South Callaway High School in Mokane, Missouri. She is the school's media specialist and yearbook advisor.

Three students sit in a row in classroom resks. The middle student is engaged and smiling with the instructor while the other two listen.

Students in English 2172 Creative Nonfiction Writing exchange peer feedback in a supportive, collaborative circle.

Professor Mathew Goldberg holding books in a library

S&T students publish Southwinds each spring with support from the ETC department. The magazine features creative work by members of the S&T community and remains the university’s only student-run publication.

Nhyira Sackey, a graduate teaching assistant in technical communication, teaches ENGLISH 3560 Technical Writing.

Kayla Capps, a woman with brunette hair wearing a red sweater, gestures with her hand towards a whiteboard.

Alumna Kayla Capps (English BA, 2014) teaches 5th grade at Rolla Middle School. "I love teaching in the community I grew up in because I feel like I'm giving back to the community that gave so much to me as a child/young adult."

Alumna Nora Potrafka (MS, Spring 2022) works as an embedded writer at Mastercard in O'Fallon, Missouri, bridging technology and communication every day.

ETC major Mia Jaegers working in writing lab helping a student

ETC major Mia Jaegers, a consultant in Missouri S&T’s Writing and Communication Center, works with a geological engineering MS student during a session.

Why Study ETC?

Missouri S&T’s Department of English and Technical Communication (ETC) offers academic programs that explore the relationship between human communication and emerging technologies. Our students study the power of storytelling through reading, writing, and speaking while learning to communicate complex ideas in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Within Missouri S&T’s STEM environment, we are preparing the next generation of teachers, writers, and communicators to think adaptively and act ethically as the communication revolution unfolds. Through our students, faculty, and alumni, we are helping to write the future.

Career Outlook

ETC graduates have careers across a wide range of communication-related professions, including technical writers, editors, teachers, UX designers, proposal writers, grant writers, marketing coordinators, and strategic communication consultants!

$75,260