Name: _______________________ Student ID #: ___________________ Date: ______________
University Studies Requirements
Core Courses *completed within first 60 credits
Course Credits Grade Planned to Take
WRIT 102 College Writing II
3
WRIT 209 Business and Professional Writing
3
HHP 102 Wellness and a Positive Lifestyle
3
COMM 110 Intro to Speech Communications
3
MATH/CSCI
3-4
Humanities
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
History
3
Literature
3
World Language,
Culture, & Philosophy
3
Social Science (6 cr) must include 2 different prefixes
Course Course Title Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Course 1
3
Course 2
3
Natural & Physical Sciences
Course Course Title Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Environmental
2
Lab
4
Fine & Applied Arts
Course Course Title Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Art History, Criticism &
Appreciation
3
Aesthetic Experience
3
Global Awareness & Diversity *may be fulfilled through other University Studies categories
Course Course Title Credits Grade
Planned to Take
Global Awareness
3
Diversity
3
Writing Major
Academic Plan of Study
2017-2019 Catalog
Writing Major Requirements
30 total credits.15 of which must be 300+ level. Any WRIT course taken beyond satisfaction of a requirement can be counted as an
elective:
Core (6 credits)
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
WRIT 250
Introduction to Creative Writing
3
WRIT 303
Introduction to Rhetoric
3
Writing in Genres (6 credits):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
WRIT 301
Advanced Creative Writing:
Nonfiction
3
WRIT 308
Nature Writing
3
WRIT 350
Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
3
WRIT 352
Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
3
WRIT 353
Advanced Creative Writing: Cross-
genre
3
Writing and Rhetoric (6 credits):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
WRIT 265
Writing Center Internship
1
WRIT 307
English Grammar
3
WRIT 325
Writing Women, Women Writing
3
WRIT 401
Art of Persuasive Writing
3
WRIT 450
Special Topics in Rhetoric
1
Senior Year Experience (3 credits):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
WRIT 490
Capstone: The Writer’s Portfolio
3
WRIT 495
Writing Internship
1-6
Electives (9 credits):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
WRIT 208
Journaling for Study Away
Students
1
WRIT 209
Business and Professional
Writing
3
WRIT 255
Gender and Sexuality in Writing
3
WRIT 270
Contemporary Topics in Writing
3
WRIT 470
Special Topics in Writing
1-6
WRIT 498
Independent Study
1-6
3 elective credits may be selected from the following:
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
ANTH 205
Language, Culture, and Society
3
COMM 203
News Gathering and Reporting
3
COMM 348
Screenwriting
3
LSTU 305
Methods of Legal Research and
Writing
3
PSYC 476
Psycholinguistics
3
The Writing Major is offered as a Bachelor of Arts degree only. Students seeking the B.A. in Writing must also complete the foreign
language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
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