English Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology, BA
Introduction
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The English Writing, Rhetoric and Technology major asks students to take one of two introductory courses, a multi-media course (two course options), a language theory/sociolinguistics course (three course option), and two advanced topics courses (with a range of options). The remainder of the degree is seven courses chosen from a long list, which can include two courses outside the English Writing focus (such as creative writing workshops, film courses, or courses in related majors). For all the details, please review the advising sheets for the English Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology major. Especially designed for future writers, the major offers a wide range of intensive writing experiences, combining such areas as rhetoric, and professional, general, and creative writing.
These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and their CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
Program Delivery
- This program offers courses both on-campus and online. You can take the English Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology Major fully online or fully on campus. Most of our students, however, end up taking a mix of online and on-campus courses in order to juggle changing work schedules and busy lives. You can decide what's best for you.
Declaring This Major
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- Students planning to major in English Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology must consult with an advisor as soon as possible.
General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
- CU Denver General Graduation Requirements
- CU Denver Core Curriculum
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduation Requirements
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Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 ENGL credit hours toward the major.
- Students must complete a minimum of 27 upper division (3000-level and above) ENGL credit hours.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
- Students must complete a minimum of 15 ENGL upper division (3000-level and above) credits hours with CU Denver faculty.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- ENGL 1010 Writing Workshop, ENGL 1020 Core Composition I and ENGL 2030 Core Composition II do not count toward the major, nor does CLEP or AP credit.
- Students may not count more than 56 credit hours of ENGL credit toward the major; double majors in English Writing, Rhetoric and Technology and English are exempt and are required to complete 63 credits of ENGL credit hours.
- A maximum of 6 credit hours of Internship/cooperative education courses may be counted toward the major for students who have completed 60 or more credit hours. Internships count as upper-division electives.
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The English Department also offers minors in Creative Writing, Film Studies, and Literature. Courses counted in a minor cannot be counted toward the major.
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Latin Honors may be earned by participating in the department’s Honors Program. You are encouraged to begin the program in your junior year. The program requires additional coursework and affords you the opportunity to work individually with the professor of your choice. Handouts are available in the English office.
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Courses may not be used more than once between the Required Course Area and Electives.
Required Introductory Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take one | 3 | |
| ENGL 2060 | Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies | 3 |
| or ENGL 2070 | Grammar, Rhetoric and Style | |
Multimedia
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take one | 3 | |
| ENGL 3084 | Multimedia Composition | 3 |
| or ENGL 4701 | Multimedia in the Community | |
Language Study
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take one | 3 | |
| ENGL 3160 | Language Theory | 3 |
| ENGL 4601 | Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition (by instructor’s permission) | 3 |
| ENGL 4651 | Second Language Writing (by instructor’s permission) | 3 |
Advanced Writing Experience
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take two of the folowing, with different topics): | 6 | |
| ENGL 4190 | Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 4190 | Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies | 3 |
Elective Courses in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology
*Courses with an asterisk can be taken more than once, if the topic/title differs.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take 21 hours (seven courses) of Elective Courses in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology: | 21 | |
A course does not count here and in the Required Course Areas above. | ||
| ENGL 2060 | Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 2070 | Grammar, Rhetoric and Style | 3 |
| ENGL 3084 | Multimedia Composition | 3 |
| ENGL 3154 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3160 | Language Theory | 3 |
| ENGL 3170 | Business Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3405 | Topics in Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3415 | Screenwriting Workshop | 3 |
| ENGL 3416 | Magazine Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3939 | Internship | 1-6 |
| ENGL 4175 | Writing in the Sciences | 3 |
| ENGL 4177 | Technical Editing | 3 |
| ENGL 4180 | Argumentation and Logic | 3 |
| ENGL 4190 | Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 4280 | Proposal and Grant Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4601 | Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition (by instructor's permission) | 3 |
| ENGL 4651 | Second Language Writing (by instructor's permission) | 3 |
| ENGL 4701 | Multimedia in the Community | 3 |
| ENGL 4740 | Honors in Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4995 | Senior Writing Project | 3 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Students may take up to two courses that are either 3000- or 4000-level courses in the English Department (such as creative writing workshops, film courses, or literature courses), or up to two writing courses in other departments (prior approval from an advisor required for courses outside of English), toward the 21 elective credits. | ||
| ENGL 3001 | Critical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3020 | Poetry Workshop | 3 |
| ENGL 3050 | Fiction Workshop | 3 |
| ENGL 3070 | Studies in Film History (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3075 | Film Genres (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3080 | Global Cinema (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3085 | Film Directors (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3106 | Writing for Print Media | 3 |
| ENGL 3200 | From Literature to Film | 3 |
| ENGL 3300 | Topics in Film (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3330 | Topics in Literature (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3331 | Topics in Literature: Am Lit (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 3332 | Topics in Literature: Before 1650 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 3333 | Topics in Literature: 1650-1900 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 3334 | Topics in Literature: After 1900 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 3450 | Contemporary Women Writers | 3 |
| ENGL 3520 | Religious Narratives | 3 |
| ENGL 3661 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENGL 3700 | American Literature to the Civil War | 3 |
| ENGL 3750 | American Literature after the Civil War | 3 |
| ENGL 3795 | Race and Ethnicity in American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3798 | International Perspectives in Literature and Film | 3 |
| ENGL 4000 | Studies of Major Authors (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4001 | Major Authors: Am. Lit (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4002 | Major Authors: Before 1650 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4003 | Major Authors: 1650-1900 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4004 | Major Authors: After 1900 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4025 | Advanced Poetry Workshop | 3 |
| ENGL 4055 | Advanced Fiction Workshop | 3 |
| ENGL 4160 | Poetics | 3 |
| ENGL 4166 | History of American Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 4175 | Writing in the Sciences | 3 |
| ENGL 4190 | Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4200 | Survey of the English Novel to 1900 | 3 |
| ENGL 4220 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4230 | The American Novel | 3 |
| ENGL 4235 | Faulkner | 3 |
| ENGL 4236 | The American Short Story | 3 |
| ENGL 4250 | Twentieth Century Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 4306 | Survey of Feminist Thought | 3 |
| ENGL 4308 | Contemporary Feminist Thought | 3 |
| ENGL 4420 | Film Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| ENGL 4460 | Contemporary World Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4500 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4510 | Whores and Saints: Medieval Women | 3 |
| ENGL 4520 | English Renaissance | 3 |
| ENGL 4530 | Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 4540 | Restoration and the 18th Century | 3 |
| ENGL 4560 | English Romanticism | 3 |
| ENGL 4580 | The Victorian Age | 3 |
| ENGL 4600 | Modernism | 3 |
| ENGL 4610 | Narrative: Form and Theory | 3 |
| ENGL 4730 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENGL 4745 | Humanistic Writing About Medicine and Biology | 3 |
| ENGL 4755 | Illness & Disability Narrative | 3 |
| ENGL 4770 | Topics in English: Film and Literature (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4771 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Film (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4772 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Lit (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4773 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Am. Lit (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4774 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Before 1650 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4775 | Topics in English Film and Lit: 1650-1900 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4776 | Topics in English: Film and Lit: After 1900 (*) | 3-6 |
| ENGL 4800 | Special Topics in Creative Writing (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4801 | Special Topics in Creative Writing: Poetry (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4802 | Special Topics in Creative Writing: Fiction (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4810 | Literary Editing Practicum | 3 |
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