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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Professional & Technical Communication, Health and Science Communication, B.S.

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Freshman

Fall Semester

WRIT 101 - College Writing I 3 credits
PTC 1946 - PTC Freshman Seminar 1 credit
BIOB 101 - Discover Biology 3 credits
BIOB 102 - Discover Biology Lab 1 credit
M 121 - College Algebra 3 credits
CAPP 156 - MS Excel 3 credits

Total: 14

Spring Semester

COMX 140 - Introduction to Visual Rhetoric 2 credits
PTC 1946 - PTC Freshman Seminar 1 credit
CAPP 158 - MS Access 3 credits
XXX Health or Science Elective 3 credits
STAT 131 - Introduction to Biostatistics 3 credits
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STAT 216 - Introduction to Statistics 3 credits

Total: 12

Sophomore

Fall Semester

PTC 2886 - Digital Imaging 3 credits
STS 2016 - Technology & Society 3 credits
BGEN 105 - Introduction To Business 3 credits
PTC 2506 - Webpage Design 3 credits
Health or Science Elective 3 credits

Total: 15

Spring Semester

COMX 230 - Presenting Technical Information 3 credits
JRNL 272 - News Writing and Reporting 3 credits
COMX 234 - Mass Media 3 credits
WRIT 201 - College Writing II 3 credits
PTC 2446 - Professional Communications Consulting 1 credit
XXX Free Elective 2 credits

Total: 15

Junior

Fall Semester

PTC 3406W - New Media I 3 credits
PTC 3156 - Digital Video Production 3 credits
COMX 415 - Intercultural Communication 3 credits
COMX 338 - Usability Testing 3 credits
PTC 361W - Research Methods 3 credits

Total: 15

Spring Semester

COMX 448 - Desktop Publishing 3 credits
PTC 4406W - New Media II 3 credits
BMKT 325W - Principles of Marketing 3 credits
WRIT 321W - Advanced Technical Writing 3 credits
COMX 498 - Internship 1 - 6 credits (Variable) 3 credits
Humanities of Foreign Language 3 credits

Total: 18

Senior

Fall Semester

WRIT 325W - Writing in the Sciences 3 credits
PHL 325W - Professional Ethics 3 credits
COMX 441W - Rhetorical Theories & Criticism in Technical Communication 3 credits
COMX 499W - Thesis/Capstone 2 credits
XXX Upper Division Free Elective 6 credits

Total: 17

Spring Semester

WRIT 350W - Technical Editing 3 credits
COMX 442W - History, Technology, and Communication 3 credits
PTC 412W - Environmental Communication 3 credits
COMX 499W - Thesis/Capstone 2 credits
XXX Upper Division Free Elective 3 credits

Total: 14

Minimum Credits for a B.S. degree in Professional & Technical Communication, Health and Science Communication Option: 120

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