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Program name: | Scientific and Technical Communication B.S. |
Sub-plan: | Environmental Science |
Sample Plan: | Environmental Science |
Total Credits: | 119.0 |
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Freshman Composition
:4.0 cr
LE
(Arts/Humanities)
:4.0 cr
LE
(Biological Sciences)
:4.0 cr
LE
(Civic Life and Ethics)
:3.0 cr
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Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
COMM 1101 (prerequisite to WRIT 3257) 3.0 cr
ESCI 1001
- Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr
:
PHYS,
ENV
LE
(Global Perspectives)
:4.0 cr
LE
(Historical Perspectives)
:4.0 cr
* Note: GEO 1001 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
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Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT foundation course (e.g. WRIT 3244) 3.0 cr
LE
(Literature)
:4.0 cr
LE
(Mathematical Thinking)
:4.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
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Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 3221W
- Communication Modes and Methods : 3.0 cr
:
WI
ESCI 3002
- Climate Change and Human History : 3.0 cr
:
ENV
LE
(Physical Sciences)
:4.0 cr
LE
(Social Sciences)
:4.0 cr
* Note: GEO 3002 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
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Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 1001
- The Art of Explaining Things: Introduction to Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3562W
- Technical and Professional Writing : 4.0 cr
:
WI
WRIT 3257
- Technical and Professional Presentations : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3577W
- Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet : 3.0 cr
:
TS,
WI
ANTH 3041
- Ecological Anthropology : 3.0 cr
* Note: WRIT 3577W is an example. Any listed Required Elective course may be substituted here.
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Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 3701W
- Rhetorical Theory for Writing Studies : 3.0 cr
:
WI
WRIT 3108
- Gender and Ethnicity and the Rhetoric of Science and Technology : 3.0 cr
:
DSJ
PHIL 3301
- Environmental Ethics : 4.0 cr
:
ENV
Elective
:4.0 cr
* Note: WRIT 3108 is an example. Any listed Required Elective course may be substituted here.
* Note: PHIL 3301 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
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Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3671
- Visual Rhetoric and Document Design : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4258
- Information-Gathering Techniques in Scientific and Technical Communication : 3.0 cr
ESCI 3005
- Earth Resources : 3.0 cr
Elective
:3.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
* Note: GEO 3005 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
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Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 3441
- Editing, Critique, and Style : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3896
- Internship in Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
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