Professional Communication and Emerging Media, B.S.

Communication Skills (9 credits)

• ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

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• ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
• ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)

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• COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)

Analytic Reasoning and Natural Sciences (10 credits)

Courses must be from the areas of analytic reasoning and natural sciences. At least one mathematics or statistics course and a natural science course with a lab are required.​

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Arts and Humanities (6 credits)

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Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

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Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning (3 credits)

Courses must be selected from the list of approved social responsibility and ethical reasoning courses.

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Electives to reach 40 Stout Core credits

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Racial and Ethnic Studies (2 courses)

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Global Perspective (2 courses)

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Professional and Technical Communication (45 credits)

• ENGL-121 Introduction to Professional Communication (3 cr.)
• ENGL-125 Professional Writing Elements of Style (3 cr.)
• ENGL-215 Foundations of Technical Communication (3 cr.)
• ENGL-225 Editing Processes and Practices (3 cr.)
• ENGL-312 Transnational Professional Communication (3 cr.)
• ENGL-340 The Structure of English (3 cr.)
• ENGL-345 Usability Design and Testing (3 cr.)
• ENGL-350 Digital Storytelling (3 cr.)
• ENGL-371 Rhetoric and Style: Strategies of Argumentation (3 cr.)
• ENGL-385 Document Design (3 cr.)
• ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet (3 cr.)
• ENGL-430 Writing for Content Management (3 cr.)
• ENGL-435 Writing Technical Manuals (3 cr.)
• ENGL-471 Professional Communication Capstone (3 cr.)

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• Select one ethics course from the courses below.

• PHIL-235 General Ethics (3 cr.)

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• ICT-215 Cybertechnology Ethics (3 cr.)

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• PHIL-275 Business Ethics (3 cr.)

Global Learning (6-8 credits)

Students must earn between six and eight credits of foreign language and/or credits earned while studying abroad.

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Experiential Learning (1 credit)

All students are required to complete at least one credit of practicum or cooperative education experience. See your advisor or program director for additional information. NOTE: Each practicum credit requires at least 80 hours of professional work. Co-ops must meet the requirements set by Career Services: at least 320 hours with paid compensation completed within a summer or semester.

• ENGL-349 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.) or
• ENGL-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)

Applied Journalism (15 credits)

• ENGL-207 Writing for the Media (3 cr.)
• ENGL-218 Mass Communication: Effects of the Technology on Society (3 cr.)
• ENGL-330 Feature Writing (3 cr.)
• ENGL-407 Seminar in Applied Journalism (3 cr.)
• ENGL-418 Convergent Communication (3 cr.)

Digital Humanities (15 credits)

• CS-141 Introduction to Programming (3 cr.)

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• CS-144 Computer Science I (4 cr.)

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• CS-248 Web and Internet Programming (3 cr.)

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• DMT-275 Web Production and Distribution (3 cr.)

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• ENGL-335 Digital Humanities: Foundations, Exploration, Creativity (3 cr.)
• ENGL-480 Seminar in Digital Humanities (3 cr.)
• ENGL-495 Digital Humanities Capstone (3 cr.)