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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Scientific and Technical Communication B.S.
Sub-plan: Legal Discourse and Public Policy
Sample Plan: Statistical Science B.S.
Total Credits: 121.0
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 (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
PHIL 1001 - Introduction to Logic : 4.0 cr : MATH
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
* Note: PHIL 1001 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 6.0 cr
WRIT foundation course (e.g. WRIT 3244) 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 12.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
* Note: Students interested in a MS degree in statistics, MATH 2283 is recommneded. 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 31.0 cr
* Note: PHIL 4321W is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing : 4.0 cr : WI
WRIT 1001 - The Art of Explaining Things: Introduction to Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3671 - Visual Rhetoric and Document Design : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3441 - Editing, Critique, and Style : 3.0 cr
JOUR 3776 - Media Law : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3221W - Communication Modes and Methods : 3.0 cr : WI
WRIT 3701W - Rhetorical Theory for Writing Studies : 3.0 cr : WI
PHIL 4321W - Theories of Justice : 3.0 cr : WI
POL 4485 - Human Rights Policy: Issues and Actors : 3.0 cr : CIV
WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet : 3.0 cr : TS, WI
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 28.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
WRIT 3672W - Project Design and Development : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
WRIT 4431W - Science, Technology, and the Law : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
* Note: POL 4485 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
Elective :3.0 cr
WRIT 3896 - Internship in Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
* Note: JOUR 3776 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.
* Note: WRIT 3672 is an example. Any listed Required Elective course may be substituted here.
WRIT 4501 - Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4995 - Technical Writing and Communication Capstone : 1.0 cr
SOC 4175 - Law, Politics, and Inequality : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
* Note: HIST 4337 is an example. Any listed required sub-plan course may be substituted here.