TECH 100 Communication Skills for Technology

This is a survey to look at the value and need to continue offering the TECH 100 course. We had discussion in the last Coordinators' Meeting that there may no longer be the same need for the course as there was with the old General Eduction Requirements.

TECH 100 has a prerequisite of ENGL-101 or equivalent Placement Test recommendation.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: A lecture and laboratory course that is focused on developing communication skills for technical applications. The learners will conduct, plan, and develop project review and technical demonstrations in front of peer groups. In addition, the learners will develop the ability to use the Internet to produce product information and related files. The course also includes the use of email to send and receive correspondence and data files as attachments.

Programs that currently require TECH 100
-BCON AAS and certificates
-Electronics certificate
-Mechanical Operations AAS

Programs that currently have it as an elective
-ACHR certificate
-Electronics AAS
-Machine Tool certificate
-Operations Technology certificate
Name: 


  1. Which program in the Technology Division are you a teacher? If you teach in more than one area, which is your emphasis area? 


  1. What is your teaching status? 


  1. The English Department developed two new courses ENGL 103 "Composition for Technical Fields I" and ENGL 104 "Composition for Technical Fields II," with input from faculty in the Technology Division. Also remember that IT courses such as COMG 153 "Computers-A Practical Approach" can be used as General Education courses.

    With this in mind, do we still have a need to teach TECH 100 for your program area?

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    ENG 103 provides students with the equivalent of traditional freshman composition experience, but with an emphasis on "technical" writing that is geared toward specialized fields such as healthcare, criminal justice, and various technologies. The course emphasizes clear, active writing style and precise word choice, and it includes a research project and oral presentation incorporating presenting software.

    ENGL 104 is a technical writing equivalent to ENGL 102. It provides students with the equivalent of a second-component traditional freshman composition experience, but with an emphasis on "technical" writing that is geared toward specialized fields such as health care, criminal justice, and various technologies. This course builds on skills taught in English 101 or ENGL 103, focusing on enhancing critical thinking and writing skills through investigation and summarizing information, adapting language levels to user needs, evaluating evidence and logical reasoning, and assembling documents based on these processes.

    Yes
    No


  1. If we would bracket TECH 100, are there still some components of the TECH 100 class that still need to be offered that you plan to incorporate into the classes in your program area?
    Yes
    No


  1. If we would bracket TECH 100, is there content related to TECH 100 that we should still offer in a course, either with a TECHNOLOGY designation or from another Division?
    Yes
    No


  1. If yes (to question #5), than LIST the components of TECH 100 needed by the students in your program that should be offered in a course, either with a TECHNOLOGY designation or from another Division.


  1. Please provide any other comments that you feel are relevant as we evaluate what needs to be done with TECH 100.





Clark Harris
Dean of Technology, Mott Community College
Flint, MI