Mar 17, 2026

2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

Professional Communication and Emerging Media, B.S. (Applied Journalism Concentration) Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (17 credits)

ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Freshman English–Honors I (3 cr.)
ENGL-121 Introduction to Professional Communication (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Analytic Reasoning)
Course Selective-2 : (Foreign Language I)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-112 Freshman English–Honors II (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Seminar I (3 cr.)
ENGL-125 Professional Writing Elements of Style (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (Analytic Reasoning)
Course Selective-4 : (Foreign Language II)
Course Selective-5 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Second Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

ENGL-207 Writing for the Media (3 cr.)
ENGL-225 Editing Processes and Practices (3 cr.)
ENGL-247 Critical Writing (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Natural Science with Lab)
Course Selective-2 : (Applied Field)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ENGL-218 Mass Communication: Effects of the Technology on Society (3 cr.)
ENGL-312 Transnational Professional Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-330 Feature Writing (3 cr.)
ENGL-350 Digital Storytelling (3 cr.)
ENGL-371 Rhetoric and Style: Strategies of Argumentation (3 cr.)

Third Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PHIL-235 General Ethics (3 cr.)
ENGL-340 The Structure of English (3 cr.)
ENGL-385 Document Design (3 cr.)
COMST-312 Intercultural Communication (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Applied Field)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

Course Selective-1 : (Arts and Humanities)
Course Selective-2 : (Arts and Humanities)
Course Selective-3 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Course Selective-4 : (GE Selective)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

ENGL-210 Journalism Practicum (1 cr.) or
ENGL-349 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.) or
ENGL-437 Technical Writing Practicum (1-3 cr.)

Fourth Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet (3 cr.)
ENGL-418 Convergent Communication (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Applied Field)
Course Selective-2 : (Cross-disciplinary Issues)
Course Selective-3 : (Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

ENGL-407 Seminar in Applied Journalism (3 cr.)
ENGL-425 Usability Design and Testing (3 cr.)
ENGL-471 Professional Communication Capstone (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : (Applied Field)
Course Selective-5 : (Applied Field)