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English, Technical Communication Emphasis, Bachelor of Arts

Course Number and Title

Credits

Foundational Studies Program requirements indicated in bold.

 

ENGL 101 Introduction to College Writing

3

ENGL 102 Intro to College Writing and Research

3

UF 100 Intellectual Foundations

3

UF 200 Civic and Ethical Foundations

3

DLM Mathematics

3-4

DLN Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course with lab

4

DLN Natural, Physical, and Applied Sciences course

3-4

DLV Visual and Performing Arts

3

DLL Literature and Humanities

3-4

DLS ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics

3

DLS Social Sciences course in a second field*

3

ENGL 198 Introduction to English Studies

1

ENGL 302 Technical Rhetoric

3

ENGL 304 Argument

3

CID ENGL 312 Technical Communication Applications

3

ENGL 403 Technical Editing

3

ENGL 405 Print Document Production

3

ENGL 415 On-screen Document Production

3

ENGL 493 Internship

3

FF ENGL 499 Capstone in Technical Communication

3

ITM 104** Operating Systems and Word Processing Topics

1

ITM 105** Spreadsheet Topics

1

ITM 106** Database Topics

1

Communication courses chosen from:

COMM 101*** Fundamentals of Speech Communication

COMM 302 Research Methods

COMM 304 Perspectives of Inquiry

COMM 307 Interviewing

COMM 321 Rhetorical Theories

COMM 361 Organizational Communication

COMM 390 Conflict Management

COMM 481 Studies in Interpersonal Communication

COMM 483 Studies in Organizational Communication

COMM 484 Studies in Rhetoric and Public Presentation

6

Accounting, General Business, Management, Information Technology Management, and Sociology courses chosen from:

ACCT 205 Introduction to Financial Accounting

ACCT 206 Introduction to Managerial Accounting

GENBUS 441 Business In Society: Ethics, Responsibility & Sustainability

ITM 310 Business Intelligence

ITM 315 Database Systems

MGMT 301 Leadership Skills

MGMT 401 Organizational Behavior

MGMT 405 Management of Continuous Learning

SOC 487 Organizational Theory and Bureaucratic Structure

6

Upper-division electives to total 40 credits

4-13

Electives to total 120 credits

36

Total

120

*Note: Technical Communication Emphasis students are advised not to take ENGL 202 Introduction to Technical Communication to fulfill a DLS requirement. The information covered in ENGL 202 is covered in greater detail in two required courses: ENGL 302 and 312.

**Students may take the COBE Computer Placement Exam to place out of ITM 104 Operating Systems and Word Processing Topics, ITM 105 Spreadsheet Topics, and ITM 106 Database Topics or take any of these courses for credit. Students who place out of any of these three courses still must meet the 120-credit graduation requirement.

***COMM 101 can be counted as fulfilling one of the DLS field requirements.

All courses used toward the English degree must be passed with a grade of C- or higher.