2019-2020 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Pathway to Master of Business Administration for Professional Writing and Information Design Majors Professional Writing and Information Design majors who plan to enroll in the Master of Business Administration degree program after completing the Bachelor of Arts degree should pursue the following curriculum plan. This optional accelerated pathway includes essential prerequisites and prepares the student for the graduate M.B.A. program. Professional Writing and Information Design Pathway requirements Year 1. ......................................................................................32.5 BTGE-1725 The Bible and the Gospel...................................... 3 COM-1100 Fundamentals of Speech........................................ 3 ENG-1400 Composition............................................................ 3 ENG-3070 English Grammar.................................................... 3 GBIO-1000 Principles of Biology............................................ 3.5 GSS-1100 Politics and American Culture.................................. 3 HUM-1400 Introduction to the Humanities................................ 3 LIT-2XXX Literature Elective. .................................................... 3 PEF-1990 Physical Activity and Healthy Living......................... 2 PWID-3010 Style and Mechanics for Writers............................. 3 History Elective......................................................................... 3 Year 2. .........................................................................................32 BTGE-2730 Old Testament Literature....................................... 3 BTGE-2740 New Testament Literature...................................... 3 PWID-2130 Introduction to Professional Writing........................ 3 PWID-3020 Professional Portfolio Development I..................... 1 PWID-3170 The Professional Writer in a Corporate Culture...... 2 PWID-3210 Professional Editing............................................... 3 PWID-3250 Documentation Design.......................................... 3 PWID Electives......................................................................... 3 VCD-1050 Applied Design: Tech Tools I Humanities/Global Awareness Elective..................................... 3 Electives.................................................................................... 5 Summer.........................................................................................3 PWID-4160 Professional Writing Internship. ............................. 3 Year 3. ......................................................................................30.5 BTGE-3755 Theology I............................................................. 3 BTGE-3765 Theology II............................................................. 3 *ECON-2110 Essentials of Economics...................................... 3 PWID-3090 Marketing Communication..................................... 3 PWID-3180 Visual Rhetoric....................................................... 3 PWID-4050 Content Strategy and Development....................... 3 PWID Electives......................................................................... 3 * *PYCH-2610 Statistics............................................................. 3 VCD-2600 Web Design I........................................................... 3 Physical Science Elective. ..................................................... 3.5 Year 4. .........................................................................................30 ACCT-2110 Principles of Accounting I....................................... 3 ACCT-2120 Principles of Accounting II...................................... 3 PWID-3050 User Experience for the Web................................. 3 PWID-4010 Report Writing........................................................ 3 PWID-4020 Professional Portfolio Development II.................... 1 PWID-4130 Instructional Design I............................................. 3 PWID-4140 Instructional Design II............................................ 3 PWID-4170 Special Topics ....................................................... 3 Electives.................................................................................... 2 MGMT-6710 Organizational Design and Behavior.................... 3 ***M.B.A. Core or Elective......................................................... 3 This five-year accelerated pathway assumes prior completion of undergraduate proficiency requirements and a minimum of two years of foreign language in high school. *ECON-2110 satisfies the social science elective for the B.A. general eduation requirements and satisfies the M.B.A. microeconomics prerequisite. **PYCH-2610 (or another approved statistics course) satisfies the quantitative elective for the B.A. general education requirements and satisfies the M.B.A. business statistics prerequisite. ***Contact the M.B.A. graduate advisor during your B.A. 2019–20 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 93 Department of Communication Professional Writing and Information Design