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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Technical Writing and Communication B.S.
Sub-plan: Information Technology and Design
Sample Plan: Information Technology and Design
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
COMM 1101 (pre-requisite to WRIT 3257) 3.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CSCI 1113 - Introduction to C/C++ Programming for Scientists and Engineers : 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing : 4.0 cr : WI
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3701W - Rhetorical Theory for Writing Studies : 3.0 cr : WI
WRIT 3221W - Communication Modes and Methods : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CSCI 1001 - Overview of Computer Science : 4.0 cr : MATH, TS
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
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
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
WRIT 3381W - Writing and Modern Cultural Movements : 3.0 cr : AH, WI
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3441 - Editing, Critique, and Style : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3672W - Project Design and Development : 3.0 cr : WI
UC 3201 - Web Designer Introduction : 4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3257 - Technical and Professional Presentations : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4662W - Writing With Digital Technologies : 3.0 cr : WI
COMM 3211 - Introduction to Media Studies : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet : 3.0 cr : TS, WI
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
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr