Public and Professional Writing (B.A.)

Unless otherwise noted, 120 credits of coursework is required for a baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.0 overall GPA, and a minimum 2.0 major GPA.

Program Requirements Overview

General Education Requirements42
World Languages and Cultures Requirements6-9
Major Requirements42
Free Electives 130-27
Total Credits120
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Graduate Swing Courses will count toward free electives for students in combined (UG/GR) programs.

Major Requirements

Required Courses
WRIT 201Introduction to Public and Professional Writing3
WRIT 207Technical Writing and Communication3
WRIT 208Digital Writing: Composing with Text, Image, and Sound3
WRIT 280Argumentation: from Antiquity to Online3
WRIT 319Technology, Innovation, and Writing3
WRIT 400Community Writing: Theories, Practices, and Partnerships3
WRIT 440Seminar in Writing Studies3
Writing Electives
Complete 3 courses. One must be at the 300 or 400 level.9
Style and Editing
Professional Writing for Social Media
Workplace Writing
Visual Rhetoric and Writing
Power, Persuasion, and Political Writing
Special Topics in Writing Studies
Writing for Social Change
Collaboration and Coauthoring
Grant Proposal Writing
Writing Women Safe: Writing, Rape Prevention, and Community Activism
Language, Power, and Medicine: The Spectrum of Health
Cooperative Education Experience I
Complementary Discipline Electives
Take four courses from the list below, with the direction of an advisor.12
Total Credits42
School of Communication and Media
CMST 110Introduction to Communication and Media3
CMST 210Theorizing Communication and Media3
CMST 225New Media and Participatory Culture3
CMST 227Television and Culture3
CMST 315Video Games and Culture3
CMST 340Communication, Media and Gender3
CMST 341Culture and Identity3
CMST 273Democracy and Communication3
JOUR 210Introduction to Journalism3
JOUR 249Media Ethics and Law3
College of Science and Mathematics
CSIT 104Python Programming I3
EAES 210Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing3
EAES 160The Human Environment3
EAES 202Introduction to Sustainability Science3
EAES 260Energy, Environment and Society3
BIOL 107Biology for Survival3
BIOL 111Emerging Diseases3
STAT 109Statistics3
School of Business
ENTR 201The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation3
ACCT 204Fundamentals of Accounting3
ECON 202Economics and Finance for Non-Business Majors3
ECON 224Financial Economics3
INBS 250Introduction to International Business3
INFO 301Business Decision Making3
MGMT 231Management Processes3
MKTG 240Introduction to Marketing3
College of the Arts
ARFD 102Drawing as Research3
ARHT 190Women and Art3
ARHT 191African-American Art3
ARHT 200Research Methods in Art History3
ARHT 304History of Textiles3
ARHT 331Renaissance Art in Italy: The Fifteenth Century3
VIST 105Global Foundations in Art and Visual Culture3
VIST 106Modern Visions 1400-19453
VIST 109Special Topics in Global Art Cultures3
VIST 203Modern Philosophies of Art3
VIST 305Theories of Looking: Critical Theory and Visual Culture3
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
LNGN 210Introduction to General Linguistics3
LNGN 250Language of Propaganda3
LNGN 255Language and Gender3
LNGN 284History of the English Language3
ENWR 205Creative Nonfiction3
GLQS 100Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) Studies3
GSWS 102Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies3
JUST 205Perspectives on Justice Studies3
PALG 210Law and Litigation3

General Education Requirements

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A. New Student Seminar
Complete a 1 credit New Student Seminar1
C. Communication
1. Writing 3
2. Literature3
3. Communication3
D. Fine and Performing Arts
Complete a 3 credit Fine and Performing Arts course.3
F. Humanities
1. Great Works and Their Influences3
2. Philosophical and Religious Perspectives 3
G. Computer Science
Complete a 3 credit Computer Science course.3
H. Mathematics
Complete a 3 credit Mathematics course.3
I. Natural Science Laboratory
Complete a 4 credit Natural Science Laboratory course.4
J. Physical Education
Complete a 1 credit Physical Education course.1
K. Social Science
1. American and European History 3
2. Global Cultural Perspectives3
3. Social Science Perspectives 3
Students in P12 Subject Area Teaching programs complete EDFD 200 as part of the Teacher Education sequence.
L. Interdisciplinary Studies
Complete a 3 credit Interdisciplinary Studies course.3
Students in P12 Subject Area Teaching programs complete SASE 210 as part of the Teacher Education sequence.
Total Credits42

World Languages and Cultures Requirements

Click here for a list of courses that fulfill World Languages and Cultures categories.

World Languages
Based on language placement exam, complete one or two sequential courses in the same language. Requirement is automatically fulfilled by language major courses.3-6
World Cultures
Requirement may be fulfilled by course selected in General Education - Social Science: Global Cultural Perspectives. Requirement may also be fulfilled by major coursework. See list of courses.0-3
Total Credits3-9

Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion

This four-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within four years.  This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.

First Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
GENERAL EDUCATION: (A) New Student Seminar1WRIT 1063
GENERAL EDUCATION: (C1) Writing3GENERAL EDUCATION: (F2) Humanities – Philosophical and Religious Perspectives3
GENERAL EDUCATION: (C3) Communication3GENERAL EDUCATION: (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives3
GENERAL EDUCATION: (D) Fine and Performing Arts3GENERAL EDUCATION: (K3) Social Science – Social Science Perspectives3
GENERAL EDUCATION: (H) Mathematics3WRIT 2013
GENERAL EDUCATION: (K1) Social Science – American and European History3 
 16 15
Second Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
GENERAL EDUCATION: (F1) Humanities – Great Works and Their Influences3GENERAL EDUCATION: (G) Computer Science3
GENERAL EDUCATION: (J) Physical Education1GENERAL EDUCATION: (I) Natural Science Laboratory4
GENERAL EDUCATION: (L) Interdisciplinary Studies3World Cultures3
World Language 13WRIT 2803
WRIT 2073Major Elective 13
WRIT 2083 
 16 16
Third Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
WRIT 3193WRIT 4003
Major Elective 23Interdisciplinary Study Course 13
World Language 23Interdisciplinary Study Course 23
Free Elective3Major Elective 33
Free Elective3Free Elective3
 15 15
Fourth Year
FallCreditsSpringCredits
WRIT 4403Interdisciplinary Course 43
Interdisciplinary Study Course 33Free Elective3
Free Elective3Free Elective3
Free Elective3Free Elective3
Free Elective3 
 15 12
Total Credits 120