English, BA, Professional Writing Concentration (3 yr) (GPS)

Courses Taken Prior to Matriculation

• WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Fall One

• ENG 1100 - Academic Writing and Reading Credit Hour(s): 3
• LAN 1010 - Beginning Language I Credit Hours(s): 3
• MTH 1450 - Mathematics and the Modern World Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• General Elective Credit Hour(s): 4

Spring One

• ENG 2100 - Research Writing and Argumentation Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG 3060 - Introduction to Literary Study Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• LAN 1020 - Beginning Language II Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG Survey - Choose from Group A, B, or C Credit Hour(s): 3**

Summer One

• CORE - WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - WSU Core Science Course Credit Hour(s): 4

Fall Two

• Lang 2010 - Intermediate Language I Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG 3610 - Technical Writing Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG Survey - Choose from Group A, B, or C Credit Hour(s): 3**
• ENG Elective - Upper-level English (ENG 3010-4490) Credit Hour(s): 3
• CORE - WSU Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Spring Two

• Lang 2020 - Intermediate Language II Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG 4650 - Professional Editing Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG 4610 - Rhetoric, Culture and Persuasion Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG Course - Lit Studies (ENG 4200-4470) Credit Hour(s): 3

Summer Two

• Sci Core - WSU Science Course Credit Hour(s): 4
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3

Fall Three

• ENG 4640 - Topics in Technical and Professional Writing Credit Hour(s): 3 or ***
• ENG 4920 - Internship in Writing Credit Hour(s): 3 ***

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• ENG Course - Lit Studies (ENG 4200-447) Credit Hour(s): 3
• GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG 4620 - Visual Design and Information Architecture Credit Hour(s): 3
• PHL 3000 - Critical Thinking Credit Hour(s): 3

Spring Three

• ENG 4640 - Topics in Technical and Professional Writing Credit Hour(s): 3 or ***
• ENG 4920 - Internship in Writing Credit Hour(s): 3 ***

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• CoLA Methods - See DARS for choices Credit Hour(s): 3
• General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
• ENG Elective - English Upper-level (ENG 3010-4490) Credit Hour(s): 3

Notes:

 *Languages include Arabic (ARA), American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese (CHI), French (FR), German (GER), Greek (GR), Latin (LAT), and Spanish (SPN).   

 **Group A (British) ENG 3210-3230; Group B (American) ENG 3310-3320; Group C (Non-national) ENG 3200-3440. Students must take one survey each from two areas.

***Take either ENG 4640 twice with different topics or take ENG 4640 and ENG 4920 Internship. See internship coordinator during year two.