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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Writing Studies B.A.
Sub-plan: Professional Writing
Sample Plan: Professional Writing
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
UST 1000 - Learning in Community : 1.0 cr
WRIT 1506 - Literacy, Technology and Society : 3.0 cr : LE CAT, HUMANITIES
LE (Writing & Information Literacy) :3.0 cr
LE (Natural Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Oral Communication & Languages) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Logic & Quantitative Reasoning) :3.0 cr
LE (Natural Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
JOUR 2101 - Journalist's Toolbox : 3.0 cr
WRIT 2506 - Theories of Writing Studies : 3.0 cr
LE (Cultural Diversity in the US, Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Fine Arts) :3.0 cr
Minor Course 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LING 2506 - Language and Writing : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4230 - Web Design and Digital Culture : 3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Sustainability) :3.0 cr
Minor Course 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
JOUR 3700 - Media Law and Ethics : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4260 - Visual Narrative and Analytical Design : 3.0 cr
WRIT 31xx : 3.0 cr
Minor Course 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 4200 - Writing and Cultures : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4250 - New Media Writing : 3.0 cr
LE (Humanities) :3.0 cr
Minor Course 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 4100 - Introduction to Grant Writing and Project Planning : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4197 - Internship in Writing : 3.0 cr
Minor Course 4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 4506 - Capstone Course: Senior Portfolio Preparation : 1.0 cr
WRIT 4300 - Research Methods for the Study of Writing : 3.0 cr
Minor Course 4.0 cr
Minor Course 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr