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II. English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing Option (120 Credits)
Requirements in this degree are a core of eighteen hours of 300-400 level classes, twelve to eighteen hours of electives from the list of approved courses, and the option of one or two electives – with the approval of advisor – of any English or Humanities course at any level. Required courses/core (18 hours): 301, 302, 360, 362, and 460 or 461 (Prerequisite of ENGLISH 402 or 403 required for 461). One transnational lit course (chosen in consultation with advisor) from 370, 371, 372, 373, 460, or 461. Electives (18 hours): 308, 336, 354, 355, 358, 361, 363, 375, 401, 402, 405, 410, 458, 461, 475, 476, 495, any creative writing course deemed appropriate by CW faculty, the student, and her or his advisor.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
Humanities [HUM]1 | 3 |
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN] | 3 |
Electives | 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI] | 4 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Electives | 6 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS], Humanities [HUM], or Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
ENGLISH 301 [WRTG] | 3 |
ENGLISH 302 | 3 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI] | 4 |
Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
ENGLISH 360 | 3 |
ENGLISH 362 | 3 |
ENGLISH 370, 371, 372, or 373 | 3 |
Elective | 3 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
300-400-level Rhetoric / Professional Writing Electives | 6 |
Electives | 9 |
Second Term | Credits |
300-400-level Rhetoric / Professional Writing Electives | 6 |
Electives | 9 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
300-400-level Rhetoric / Professional Writing Electives | 6 |
300-400-level Electives | 6 |
Second Term | Credits |
ENGLISH 460 or 4612 | 3 |
Integrative Capstone [CAPS] | 3 |
Electives | 9 |
Footnotes
1 | Humanities Electives: At least one from HUMANITY 101, 103, 302 [M], 303, 304, 335, 350, 410, or 450 is required. Upper-division HUMANITY courses are not recommended for first-year students. |
2 | Prerequisite of ENGLISH 402 [M] or 403 [M] required for ENGLISH 461 [M]. |
- English
Courses
- English
Schedules of Studies
- Creative Writing Option
- Integrative English Studies Option
- Linguistics Option
- Literary Studies Option
- Rhetoric and Professional Writing Option
- Teaching Option with Certification
- Teaching Option without Certification
Minors
- Creative Writing
- English
- Humanities Minor
- Linguistics
- Rhetoric and Professional Writing
Certificates
- Editing and Publishing Certificate
- Professional Science and Technology Writing Certificate
- Professional Writing Certificate
- Social and Environmental Justice Certificate
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate