1991-1992 Academic Catalog

138 Languages and Literature Professional Writing Emphasis The professional writing emphasis prepares students for positions as writers and editors in industry and public relations. Though typically taken in the context of the English major, the emphasis itself, involving twenty– five quarter hours in specific professional writing courses, may be taken with other majors. The professional writing emphasis must begin the fall quarter of the junior year. All courses with the PWRT prefix must be taken in the sequence listed below. Course requirements for a major in English with an emphasis in professional writing involve seventy quarter hours including: English .................................................................................................. 45 ENG-110 English Composition I ............................................................ 5 ENG-140 English Composition II ........................................................... 5 LIT-231 World Literature ........................................................................ 5 LIT-335 Shakespeare .............................................................................. 5 LIT-337 ContemporaryAmerican Literature ........................................... 5 (or LIT-338 Contemporary British Literature ......................................... 5) American Literature (one course) ............................................................. 5 English Literature (one course) ................................................................ 5 Electives in English ............................................................................... 10 Professional Writing .............................................................................. 25 PWRT-210 Editing and Proofreading ...................................................... 3 PWRT-311 Style andMechanics for Writers ............................................ 3 PWRT-312 Professional Writing ............................................................. 5 PWRT-314 ComputerApplications for Writers ........................................ 2 PWRT-315 Public Relations Writing ....•.................................................. 3 PWRT-414 Report Writing ..................................................................... 5 PWRT-415 Advanced ProfessionalWriting ............................................ .4 English Major with a Professional Writing Emphasis Curriculum Summary Proficiency requirements ...................................................................... 0-8 Other General Education requirements .............................................. 65-87 English major/professional writing requirements .................................... 70 Electives .......................................................................................... 28-50 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) ••••.•...........••••••••••••••....•• 192 Curriculum fora Comp.I ..................... 5 ................... 5 UUJ<gmlcge i'X/OJ:elecnves ............... 15 4 4 BI0-100 Prine. ................ 5 PEF-199P.A.C.L.............................. 2 P.E.elective .................................. 1 HUM-140 Intro. Humanities ............. 5 Total ---·--·-·-~·--·---·-·-----··48 Foreign Language 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 The Language and Literature Department believes that a living language can be learned properly only as the student masters the pronunciation, de– velops the ability to understand both the spoken and written language, and is able to express himself intelligently in a number of cultural contexts. The general education requirement in foreign language is satisfied by completing two years of the same modem or classical (Latin, Greek) lan– guage in high school or by successfully completing the third quarter of an elementary foreign language in college.