Department of EnglishMA in Technical Communication

Application Requirements

Application Deadline for ONLINE MATC

• Summer 2026 admission: March 29
• Fall 2026 admission: June 1
• Spring 2027 admission: TBD

Application Deadline for ONSITE MATC

• Fall 2027 Admission: TBD

The TCR Graduate Program reviews applications for the onsite Masters program only once a year for Fall admission. Start your application early and have it completed before the holidays to avoid any delays. Applications completed after the deadline will not be considered.

All Applicants

• Unofficial transcript of all previous college work (Bachelor's degree required)
• Current resume or curriculum vita (CV)
• 500-700-word statement of purpose outlining your interest in our graduate program and explain your career objectives
• Writing sample. The writing sample gives us a chance to see the way you think, organize information, and produce essays and documents. It also indicates your fluency with the English language and gives us a clue as to your experience with writing, editing, and revision. We prefer to have an analytical or critical writing sample, as these genres reveal a lot about the writer and help us make our admissions decision. Maximum length in all cases is 10-20 pages (or 2000-4000 words). For MATC applicants, if you do not have such a document, a more functional writing sample will suffice (report, proposal, manual, or tutorial, to name a few examples.)
• 3 letters of recommendation. (Recommenders send their letters directly through the TTU Graduate School application portal via a prompt generated by the system.) The letters should address your likelihood of success in graduate school and beyond.

Onsite Applicants Only

[Optional] If applicable, please describe any prior teaching experience you may have. Prior teaching experience is not required. However, onsite MATC students work as Graduate Part Time Instructors (GPTI) as part of their appointment. Applicants should indicate what, if any, formal or informal experience they have teaching in any capacity. Note: Applies to onsite students only. GPTI Fellowships are not available for online students.

Online Applicants Only: Distance Learning Agreement

All online program applicants need to sign and return our Distance Learning Agreement, which indicates that you understand our requirements for technology, time, and honor.

Recommendation for Successful Applications

All applicant packages are evaluated holistically, which is to say that every piece of the application package contributes to the applicant's overall desirability. Specifically, we are looking for applications that contain synergistic arguments for the applicant's good fit with the program and its objectives.