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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: 15.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience I 1.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
WRIT 1001 - The Art of Explaining Things: Introduction to Technical Writing and Communication : 3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience II 1.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3102W - Public Writing : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
POL 3309 - U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making, Process, and Politics : 3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 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
SOC 3101 - Sociological Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System : 3.0 cr : CIV
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 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
POL 3225 - American Political Thought : 3.0 cr : CIV
GWSS 3415 - Feminist Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault : 3.0 cr : DSJ
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3441 - Editing, Critique, and Style : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3701W - Rhetorical Theory for Writing Studies : 3.0 cr : WI
POL 3309 - U.S. Supreme Court Decision-Making, Process, and Politics : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
WRIT 3671 - Visual Rhetoric and Document Design : 3.0 cr
WRIT 4431W - Science, Technology, and the Law : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
WRIT 4662W - Writing With Digital Technologies : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
WRIT 4999 - Technical Writing and Communication Capstone : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3896 : Internship in Technical Writing and Communication 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr