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Apr 06, 2025
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Professional Writing, BS
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Joe Sample, PhD, Coordinator
S1051, 713-226-5574
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates who earn a BS in Professional Writing will be able to:
- Design information for print and electronic formats, using multiple modalities.
- Produce materials that address contexts outside the classroom (real or simulated).
- Produce documents that meet the needs of diverse audience (same topic for more than one audience such as old/young, lay/technical, multicultural).
- Conduct and use research effectively.
- Use ethical standards in citation, visual design, and language.
- Write clearly and effectively.
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Degree Requirements
To complete a BS in Professional Writing, students must satisfy the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ” and fulfill the coursework listed below. Preparatory Requirements
(Courses in this area cannot be reused from the common core) 3 Lower-Level Hours in Lit.:
Complete 3 semester credit hours from: 3 Hours in Theory:
Complete 3 semester credit hours from: 3 Hours in Research:
Complete 3 semester credit hours from: 3 Hours in Software:
Complete 3 semester credit hours from: 12 Hours in Specialty:
Complete 12 semester credit hours from the following: Field Experience Requirement
Note:
*Course maybe repeated when topic varies.
^Student may not take both ENG 4380 and ENG 4680 . Supplemental Content Requirements
12 SCHs in Supplemental Content: complete 12 semester credit hours in any single discipline or area of study outside of Professional Writing or 12 hours of writing-intensive courses. At least 9 of these semester credit hours must be at the 33XX or 43XX level. Free Electives
Upper or lower division courses may be applied to this area, with the exceptions described under the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ,” so that the student’s entire coursework, including the course listed in the above areas, totals 120 semester credit hours. |
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