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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Technical Writing and Communication B.S.
Sub-plan: Legal Discourse and Public Policy
Sample Plan: Legal Discourse and Public Policy
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 1001 - The Art of Explaining Things: Introduction to Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3102W - Public Writing : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3221W - Communication Modes and Methods : 3.0 cr : WI
WRIT 3244W - Critical Literacies: How Words Change the World : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ, WI
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing : 4.0 cr : WI
WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet : 3.0 cr : TS, WI
GWSS 3415 - Feminist Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault : 3.0 cr : DSJ
POL 4501W - The Supreme Court and Constitutional Interpretation : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3441 - Editing, Critique, and Style : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3672W - Project Design and Development : 3.0 cr : WI
WRIT 3701W - Rhetorical Theory for Writing Studies : 3.0 cr : WI
WRIT 4431W - Science, Technology, and the Law : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3671 - Visual Rhetoric and Document Design : 3.0 cr
AMIN 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, & Chicanos in the U.S. : 3.0 cr
SOC 4101W - Sociology of Law : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
WRIT 3896 - Internship in Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4501 - Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4995 - Technical Writing and Communication Capstone : 1.0 cr
POL 4403W - Constitutions, Democracy, and Rights: Comparative Perspectives : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
Elective :4.0 cr