Mar 28, 2023

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, Professional and Technical Communication Concentration, B.A.

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(Leading to the Bachelor of Arts Degree)

Curriculum

Freshman Year

First Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit: 3.
HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit: 3.
MATH Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit: 4.
UNIV 1020 - First-Year Connections Credit: 1.

Total: 17

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit: 3.
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit: 4.
PC 2500 - Communicating in the Professions Credit: 3.

Total: 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.
PC 3250 - Professional Communication I Credit: 3.
ENGL 3810 - British Literature I Credit: 3.
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.
Social/Behavioral Science Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Electives Credit: 6.
ENGL 3000 - Introduction to English Methods and Research Credit: 3.
ENGL 3820 - British Literature II Credit: 3.
Social/Beahvioral Science Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

ENGL 3910 - American Literature I Credit: 3.
ENGL 4121 (5121) - Shakespeare Credit: 3.
Foreign Language Elective Credit: 3.
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.
PC 4850 (5850) - Internship Credit: 3, 6, 9.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 3920 - American Literature II Credit: 3.
Foreign Language Credit: 3.

Choose either six or nine hours from the following courses:

PC 3500 - Rhetoric and the Internet Credit: 3.
PC 3700 - Information Design in the Professions Credit: 3.
PC 3750 - Ethics in the Professions Credit: 3.
PC 4850 (5850) - Internship Credit: 3, 6, 9. (Three or Six)

Total: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 4511 (5511) - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics Credit: 3. or
ENGL 4521 (5521) - History of the English Language Credit: 3. or
ENGL 4531 (5531) - Grammar and Language Credit: 3.
Foreign Language Credit: 3.

Choose either six hours from the following courses:

PC 4940 (5940) - Technical Editing Credit: 3.
PC 4970 (5970) - Professional Communication II Credit: 3.
PC 4990 - Business and Grant Proposal Writing Credit: 3.
PC 4850 (5850) - Internship Credit: 3, 6, 9. (Three or Six)

Total: 15

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 4995 - Senior Colloquium Credit: 3.
Foreign Language Credit: 3.

Choose three hours from the following courses:

PC 4940 (5940) - Technical Editing Credit: 3.
PC 4970 (5970) - Professional Communication II Credit: 3.
PC 4990 - Business and Grant Proposal Writing Credit: 3.
PC 4850 (5850) - Internship Credit: 3, 6, 9.

Total: 12

Students may use their 21 elective hours to pursue the following optional options:

Corporate Culture

BMGT 3510 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit: 3.
BMGT 3630 - Human Resource Management Credit: 3.
COMM 4420 - Advanced Organizational Communication Credit: 3.
COMM 4430 (5430) - Advanced Interpersonal Communication Credit: 3.
COMM 4630 (5630) - Persuasion Credit: 3.

Information Architecture

COMM 3120 - Visual Communication/Rhetoric Credit: 3.
WEBD 1500 - Introduction to Web Design Credit: 3.
WEBD 2300 - Web Site Design: Dynamic Sites Credit: 3.
WEBD 3500 - Rhetoric and the Internet Credit: 3. or
PC 3500 - Rhetoric and the Internet Credit: 3.

Scientific and Technical Writing

BIOL 3920 - Biological Communication Skills Credit: 3.
PC 4940 (5940) - Technical Editing Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit 8.

Note:

¹	English majors meet the foreign language requirement by making a C or better in a foreign language course at the 2020 level or higher excluding Country and People courses and the Global Studies courses.

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