B.A. in Writing, Design, and Technical CommunicationDegree Requirements
The Writing, Design, and Technical Communication program requires 120 semester credit hours consisting of the core curriculum, 33 hours in a major field, and a required minor.
Degree Requirements
2000-level
- ENGL 2311: Introduction to Technical Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 2312: Texts and Technologies that Change the World, 3 Semester Credit Hours
3000-level
One of the following
- ENGL 3366: Style in Technical Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3371: How Language Works, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3373: How Syntax Works, 3 Semester Credit Hours
Four of the following
- ENGL 3360: Issues in Composition, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3362: Rhetorical Criticism, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3363: Introduction to Scientific Rhetoric, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3365: Professional Report Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3366: Style in Technical Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3367: Usability Testing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3368: Designing for the Web, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 3369: Information Design, 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Note: ENGL 3366 may be used only once)
4000-level
- ENGL 4380: Professional Issues in Technical Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
Three of the following
- ENGL 4360: Studies in Composition, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4363: Issues in Science Writing and Rhetoric, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4365: Special Topics in Technical Communication, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4366: Technical and Professional Editing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4367: Designing Instructional Materials, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4368: Digital Content Management Strategy, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4369: Interaction Design, 3 Semester Credit Hours
- ENGL 4378: Internship in Technical Communication, 3 Semester Credit Hours
Communication Literacy
Students pursuing a degree in Writing, Design, and Technical Communication will engage with communication and literacy in a range of contexts. In order to complete the breadth of communication literacy contexts required for the profession, students will choose from course in five different communication literacy categories:
- Workplace Literacy: (Choose One) ENGL 4380, ENGL 2311, or ENGL 3365
- Rhetorical Literacy: ENGL 3362
- Technological Literacy: (Choose One) ENGL 3367, ENGL 3368, or ENGL 3369
- Linguistic Literacy: (Choose One) ENGL 3366 or ENGL 4366
- Cultural Literacy: ENGL 2312
Department of English
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Address
P.O. Box 43091 Lubbock, TX 79409-3091 -
Phone
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Email
english@ttu.edu