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Degree Requirements
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To complete a BA in the Technical Communication track of Writing Studies, you need to complete 65 credits, including 45 credits in upper-division (300–400 level) courses, with a minimum 2.0 GPA.
Foundation (10 credits)
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One required course:
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5 credits from the following list: (These courses can only be taken once, as either Track Foundational Courses or Electives.)
Technical Communication Electives (20 credits)
Creative, Scientific and Technical Topics Electives (35 credits)
- TWRT 200 Introduction to Creative Writing
- TWRT 201 Creative Writing in the Global Context
- TWRT 270 Poetry Writing
- TWRT 280 Introduction to Fiction Writing
- TWRT 287 Creative Nonfiction Writing
- TWRT 320 Rhetoric, Public Life and Civic Engagement
- TWRT 333 Writing through Comics
- TWRT 340 Asian American Rhetorics, Literacies and Activism
- TWRT 360 Playwriting
- TWRT 364 Food Writing for Cultural Exploration
- TWRT 365 Literary Editing and Publishing
- TWRT 372 Writing Eco-Poetry
- TWRT 382 Writing Popular Fiction
- TWRT 384 Writing Historical Fiction
- TWRT 388 Writing for Social Change
- TWRT 389 Nature Writing
- TWRT 420 Rhetoric and the City: Composing Urban Landscapes
- TWRT 470 Advanced Poetry Writing
- TWRT 480 Advanced Fiction Writing
- TWRT 487 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
- TWRT 492 Special Topics in Community-Engaged Writing
- TWRT 499 Advanced Topics in Creative Writing
- TCOM 221 Artificial Intelligence: Media, Culture and Power
- TCOM 275 Writing, Reporting and Editing for the Mass Media
- TCOM 348 Non-fiction Writing for Television
- TCOM 349 News Writing
- TCOM 387 Writing for Public Relations
- TCOM 482 Investigative Reporting
- TCOM 484 Opinion Writing for the Mass Media
- TCOM 486 Feature Writing for Print Media
- TCSS 142 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
- TESC 201 The Science of Environmental Sustainability
- TEST 332 A Natural History of Garbage
- TEST 335 Environmental Impact Analysis
- TGEOS 241 Oceanography
- TGEOS 243 Geography of the Physical Environment
- TGEOS 341 Climate Change
- TINFO 210 Foundations of Information Management
- TINFO 220 Foundations of Human Computer Interaction for Information Technology and Systems
- TINFO 230 Web Design and Programming
- TINFO 310 Foundations of Information Assurance
- TINFO 370 Managing Technical Teams
- TINST 207 Living and Working in the Virtual World
- TINST 312 Computer Networks and the Internet
- TINST 401 Technology in the Service of Society
- TINST 475 Entrepreneurship in Computing and Software Systems
- TWOMN 211 Women in Science
