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.
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Program Requirements Overview
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | 42 | |
| World Languages and Cultures Requirements | 6-9 | |
| Major Requirements | 42 | |
| Free Electives 1 | 30-27 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
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Graduate Swing Courses will count toward free electives for students in combined (UG/GR) programs.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| WRIT 201 | Introduction to Public and Professional Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 207 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
| WRIT 208 | Digital Writing: Composing with Text, Image, and Sound | 3 |
| WRIT 280 | Argumentation: from Antiquity to Online | 3 |
| WRIT 319 | Technology, Innovation, and Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 400 | Community Writing: Theories, Practices, and Partnerships | 3 |
| WRIT 440 | Seminar in Writing Studies | 3 |
| 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 Credits | 42 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| School of Communication and Media | ||
| CMST 110 | Introduction to Communication and Media | 3 |
| CMST 210 | Theorizing Communication and Media | 3 |
| CMST 225 | New Media and Participatory Culture | 3 |
| CMST 227 | Television and Culture | 3 |
| CMST 315 | Video Games and Culture | 3 |
| CMST 340 | Communication, Media and Gender | 3 |
| CMST 341 | Culture and Identity | 3 |
| CMST 273 | Democracy and Communication | 3 |
| JOUR 210 | Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR 249 | Media Ethics and Law | 3 |
| College of Science and Mathematics | ||
| CSIT 104 | Python Programming I | 3 |
| EAES 210 | Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| EAES 160 | The Human Environment | 3 |
| EAES 202 | Introduction to Sustainability Science | 3 |
| EAES 260 | Energy, Environment and Society | 3 |
| BIOL 107 | Biology for Survival | 3 |
| BIOL 111 | Emerging Diseases | 3 |
| STAT 109 | Statistics | 3 |
| School of Business | ||
| ENTR 201 | The Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation | 3 |
| ACCT 204 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Economics and Finance for Non-Business Majors | 3 |
| ECON 224 | Financial Economics | 3 |
| INBS 250 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| INFO 301 | Business Decision Making | 3 |
| MGMT 231 | Management Processes | 3 |
| MKTG 240 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
| College of the Arts | ||
| ARFD 102 | Drawing as Research | 3 |
| ARHT 190 | Women and Art | 3 |
| ARHT 191 | African-American Art | 3 |
| ARHT 200 | Research Methods in Art History | 3 |
| ARHT 304 | History of Textiles | 3 |
| ARHT 331 | Renaissance Art in Italy: The Fifteenth Century | 3 |
| VIST 105 | Global Foundations in Art and Visual Culture | 3 |
| VIST 106 | Modern Visions 1400-1945 | 3 |
| VIST 109 | Special Topics in Global Art Cultures | 3 |
| VIST 203 | Modern Philosophies of Art | 3 |
| VIST 305 | Theories of Looking: Critical Theory and Visual Culture | 3 |
| College of Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| LNGN 210 | Introduction to General Linguistics | 3 |
| LNGN 250 | Language of Propaganda | 3 |
| LNGN 255 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| LNGN 284 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| ENWR 205 | Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| GLQS 100 | Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) Studies | 3 |
| GSWS 102 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| JUST 205 | Perspectives on Justice Studies | 3 |
| PALG 210 | Law and Litigation | 3 |
General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill General Education categories.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| A. New Student Seminar | ||
| Complete a 1 credit New Student Seminar | 1 | |
| C. Communication | ||
| 1. Writing | 3 | |
| 2. Literature | 3 | |
| 3. Communication | 3 | |
| D. Fine and Performing Arts | ||
| Complete a 3 credit Fine and Performing Arts course. | 3 | |
| F. Humanities | ||
| 1. Great Works and Their Influences | 3 | |
| 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 Perspectives | 3 | |
| 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 Credits | 42 | |
World Languages and Cultures Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill World Languages and Cultures categories.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Credits | 3-9 | |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (A) New Student Seminar | 1 | WRIT 106 | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C1) Writing | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (F2) Humanities – Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C3) Communication | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (D) Fine and Performing Arts | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (K3) Social Science – Social Science Perspectives | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (H) Mathematics | 3 | WRIT 201 | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (K1) Social Science – American and European History | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (F1) Humanities – Great Works and Their Influences | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (G) Computer Science | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (J) Physical Education | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (I) Natural Science Laboratory | 4 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (L) Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 | World Cultures | 3 |
| World Language 1 | 3 | WRIT 280 | 3 |
| WRIT 207 | 3 | Major Elective 1 | 3 |
| WRIT 208 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| WRIT 319 | 3 | WRIT 400 | 3 |
| Major Elective 2 | 3 | Interdisciplinary Study Course 1 | 3 |
| World Language 2 | 3 | Interdisciplinary Study Course 2 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective 3 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| WRIT 440 | 3 | Interdisciplinary Course 4 | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary Study Course 3 | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 12 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||