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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Scientific and Technical Communication B.S.
Sub-plan: Environmental Science
Sample Plan: Environmental Science
Total Credits: 118.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ESCI 1001 - Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
COMM 1101 (prerequisite to WRIT 3257) 3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
* Note: ESCI 1001 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 1001 - The Art of Explaining Things: Introduction to Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3221W - Communication Modes and Methods : 3.0 cr : WI
ANTH 3041 - Ecological Anthropology : 3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 3257 - Technical and Professional Presentations : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3361 - Literature of Social Movements in the United States: 1950 to Present : 3.0 cr : LITR, CIV
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing : 4.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
* Note: GEOG 3355 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet : 3.0 cr : TS, WI
WRIT 3441 - Editing, Critique, and Style : 3.0 cr
ANTH 3041 - Ecological Anthropology : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
* Note: ANTH 3041 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
* Note: WRIT 3577W is an example. Any listed Required Elective course may be substituted here.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
WRIT 3701W - Rhetorical Theory for Writing Studies : 3.0 cr : WI
PHIL 3301 - Environmental Ethics : 4.0 cr : ENV
WRIT 3671 - Visual Rhetoric and Document Design : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
* Note: PHIL 3301 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 4501 - Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication : 3.0 cr
ESCI 3005 - Earth Resources : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
* Note: ESCI 3005 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3896 - Internship in Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4995 - Technical Writing and Communication Capstone : 1.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr