Summer and Fall 2025 Course Descriptions Available Here.
The Writing and Communication Program fosters a culture of communication excellence at Georgia Tech. We emphasize three key principles of communication:
- Communication is rhetorical, or persuasive for particular audiences in particular contexts
- Communication is multimodal, involving the synergy of several distinct modes of communication. We refer to this approach as WOVEN (Written, Oral, Visual, Electronic, and Nonverbal)
- Communication is a process, informed by past experiences, present context(s), and the goals of speakers and audiences alike.
Our WOVEN approach to teaching and learning communication emphasizes creating and integrating ideas in multiple modes: Written, Oral, Visual, Electronic, and Nonverbal. We see communication as affecting the academic, professional, community, and personal lives of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, whether they are in classes or labs, offices or agencies, manufacturing or R&D facilities, hospitals, agribusinesses, or wilderness sites, across the US or around the world. Communication involves both individual and collaborative interaction, both face-to-face and distance interaction, and many kinds of media, both print and digital. Our program provides core curriculum courses, technical communication courses, professional development for faculty and staff, as well as continued support for Georgia Tech alums. We work closely with the Communication Center to provide students, faculty, and staff with the resources they need to be successful and effective communicators.
