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2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Technical Communication, B.A.

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About the Technical Communication Bachelor’s Program

The Bachelor of Arts in Technical Communication will provide a broad liberal arts background and intensive training in the principles and practices of technical communication. It will prepare students for careers as technical communicators, editors, grant writers, website developers, information architects, and publications managers in a variety of professional domains, including publishing, education, government, health care, biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. It also will prepare students for graduate education in technical communication as well as in law, business, science, and medicine.

The technical communication program requires 120 semester credit hours consisting of the core curriculum, 30 hours in a major field, and a required minor.

Requirements

I. 2000-Level

II. 3000-Level

One of the following:
Four of the following:

III. 4000-Level

Three of the following:

Sample Four-Year Curriculum

First Year

Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 15

Second Year

Fall

Total: 16

Spring

Total: 14

Third Year

Fall

Total: 16

Spring

Total: 16

Fourth Year

Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 13

Total Hours: 120

* Select from the university’s core curriculum .

Multicultural Requirement

To satisfy the 3-hour multicultural requirement, select from the university’s multicultural list a course that also satisfies either the Language, Philosophy, and Culture, Creative Arts, or Social and Behavioral Sciences core requirement.

Foreign Language

A student must complete 6 hours at the sophomore level or above in a single language. The prerequisite for all sophomore language courses is credit for the freshman level. This credit can be determined through a credit by examination. The score attained on the exam will determine whether the student is placed in a second-year course, a 5-hour review course, or in some cases the first or second semester of a beginning (first-year) language course. See Arts and Sciences General Degree Requirements  for further explanation.

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