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PWE core courses (24 s.h.)

Catalog #	Title	Hours
2622	News Reporting	3
3723	Editing & Design for Newspapers	3
3743	Professional & Technical Communication	3
3744	Proposal and Report Writing	3
3745	Online Text Workshop	3
4843	Advanced Professional & Technical Communication	3
4849	Professional & Technical Editing	3
4899	Professional Writing Senior Project	3

Required literature & language courses (6 s.h.)

Catalog #	Title	Hours
3701 or 3702	British and American Literature I or II	3
3755	Principles of Linguistics	3

Literary studies courses (choose 1 from each group for 6 s.h. total):

Group 1

Catalog #	Title	Hours
1590	Introduction to Literature	3
2610	World Literature	3
2617	Women in Literature	3
2618	American Literature & Diversity	3
2620	African Literature	3
2631	Mythology in Literature	3
2632	Images of Women
2665	Introduction to Film Study	3
3738	Selected Topics in World Literature	3
3765	Film Genres	3
3790	Selected Topics in Multiculturalism
4871	The Black Experience in American Literature	3

Group 2

Catalog #	Title	Hours
3770	American Literature in Historical Perspective	3
3780	American Genres	3
4862	Themes in American Literature	3
4864	Selected Topics in American Literature	3
4871	The Black Experience in American Literature	3
4830	Major Figures in British Literature	3
4831	Genres, Circles, and Movements in British Literature	3
4860	The Medieval World	3
4881	Shakespeare and His World	3
4882	The English Renaissance	3
4886	Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature	3
4887	The Romantic Period	3
4892	Nineteenth-Century British Literature Studies	3
4895	Early Twentieth-Century British Studies	3
4896	British Literature from World War II to the Present	3

Support courses (choose 13-15 s.h.)

Choose 4-6 hours from within the department:

Catalog #	Title	Hours
3716	Feature Writing	3
3717	Editorial & Opinion Writing	3
3721L	Journalism Workshop	3
3740	Advanced Writing	3
3746	Fiction Writing Workshop	3
3747	Poetry Writing Workshop	3
4898	Professional Writing Internship	3

Choose 9 hours from other departments:

Catalog #	Title	Hours
Statistics 2601	Introductory Statistics	3
Statistics 3717	Statistical Methods	3
Approved Courses in Speech
Approved Courses in Art
Approved Courses in Office Information Systems/Desktop Publishing
Approved Courses in Computer Science
Approved Engineering Courses
Approved Marketing Courses
Approved Public Relations Courses
Approved Advertising Courses

Professional Area (15 s.h.)

Take 15 approved semester hours in journalism, desktop publishing, graphics, advertising/public relations, computer science, chemistry, or engineering. Courses and degrees from CHHS may also meet the requirement. Ask your advisor for approved curriculum sheet(s). See the PWE coordinator to propose any other area.

TOTAL HOURS FOR MAJOR: 64-67 s.h.