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Degree Requirements

Students must complete a total of 120 hours for a undergraduate degree in Technical Writing. Those 120 hours are broken into 40 hours for General Education Requirements, 23 hours for College/Departmental Requirements, 54 hours for Major Requirements, and 3 hours for Electives. See a recent sample Degree Sheet.

Major Requirements

Number Title Hours
English 2653
 Survey of British Literature II
3
English 2773
 Survey of American Literature I
3
English 2883
 Survey of American Literature II
3
English 3223
 Technical Communication Criticism & Theory
3
English 3323
 Technical Writing
3
English 4013
 English Grammar
3
English 4523
 Technical Writing Internship
3
English 4533
 Advanced Technical Writing
3
English 4543
 Technical Editing
3
English 4553
 Document Design
3
Linguistics (upper-division courses)
3
Literature (upper-division courses)
3
Electives in non-English upper-division related fields
18
Sub-total for major
54

Additional Requirements

Title
Hours
General education
40
College/Department requirements
23
Other electives
3
Total for BA degree
120