PCEM
Program Plan
BS in Professional Communication and Emerging Media
University of Wisconsin-Stout
General Education (43 credits)
Communication Skills
ENGL-101 Freshman Composition or
ENGL-111 Honors English I
Effective Fall 2010
Credits
✔
8 total
3
ENGL-102 Reading and Related Writing or
ENGL-112 Honors English II or ENGL-113 Honors Seminar
3
SPCOM-100 Fundamentals of Speech
2
Analytic Reasoning
6 total
STAT-130 Elementary Statistics (recommended)
2
MATH-118 Concepts of Math or
MATH-120 Introduction to College Math
4
Health and Physical Education
2
9 total
Course 1:
3
Course 2:
3
Course 3:
3
Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
Course 2:
3
Course 3:
3
4
2 total
Course:
General Education Elective
These courses must be chosen from three
different Social and Behavioral Sciences
areas, as specified on the General Education
course list.
4 total
Course:
Technology
These courses must be chosen from three
different Humanities areas, as specified on
the General Education course list.
9 total
Course 1:
Natural Sciences (with lab)
Your placement score will determine which
Math course you take.
2 total
Course:
Humanities and the Arts
Your placement score will determine which
Freshman English course you take.
2
3 total
Course:
3
Other General Education Requirements
Ethnic Studies (see General Education course list)
A number of the courses above will meet
these requirements.
Global Perspectives (see General Education course list)
Professional Core (60 credits)
Required Courses
43 total
ENGL-121 Introduction to Technical Communication
3
ENGL-125 Elements of Style for Professional Writers
3
ENGL-225 Editing Processes and Practices
3
ENGL-247 Critical Writing
3
ENGL-312 International Technical Communication
3
ENGL-340 Structure of English
3
ENGL-371 Strategies of Argumentation
3
ENGL-385 Document Design
3
ENGL-125 is a prerequisite for this course.
Credits
✔
Required Courses (continued)
ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet
3
ENGL-415 Technical Writing
3
PHIL-235 General Ethics
3
SPCOM-312 Intercultural Communication
2
Foreign Language I
4
Foreign Language II
4
Applied Field/Focus Area
PCEM
Program Plan
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Continue in a language you’ve studied
previously, or start in a new language.
17 total
Course 1:
Course 2:
Please contact the Program Director for
the current list of Applied Fields. Students
are encouraged to design their own if the
available options do not suit their interests.
Course 3:
Course 4:
Course 5:
Course 6:
Concentrations (21 credits)
Technical Communication Concentration (PCEM.TC)
ENGL-349 Co-operative Educational Experience or
ENGL-437 Technical Writing Practicum
21 total
1
ENGL-425 Usability Design and Testing
3
ENGL-430 Writing for Content Management
3
ENGL-435 Writing Technical Manuals
3
ENGL-471 Technical Communication and Consulting
3
GCM-141 Graphic Communications
3
INMGT-365 Project Management
3
SPCOM-414 Interviewing
1
SPCOM-425 Informational Interviewing Skills for Professionals
1
Applied Journalism Concentration (PCEM.AJ)
ENGL-415 is a prerequisite for all of
these courses.
This is the senior capstone experience.
These quarter-long courses are offered in
sequence each Spring semester.
21 total
ENGL-207 Writing for the Media
3
ENGL-210 Journalism Practicum
1
ENGL-218 Mass Communication
3
ENGL-330 Feature Writing
3
ENGL-407 Seminar in Applied Journalism
3
ENGL-207 is a prequisite for this course.
ENGL-471 Technical Communication and Consulting
3
This is the senior capstone experience.
GCM-141 Graphic Communications
3
MEDIA-204 Introduction to Photography
2
Digital Humanities Concentration (PCEM.DH)
21 total
CS-144 Computer Science I
3
CS-248 Web and Internet Programming
3
LOG-301 Introduction to Logic
3
ENGL-335 Critical Approaches to Digital Humanities
3
ENGL-480 Seminar in the Digital Humanities
3
ENGL-495 Digital Humanities Undergraduate Thesis
6
ENGL-335 is a prerequisite for these
courses. ENGL-495 is taken twice, for a
total of 6 credits.
Dr. Matthew J Livesey, Program Director • 150C Harvey Hall • +1 715 232 1358 • liveseym@uwstout.edu
http://www.uwstout.edu/programs/bspcem/
5/19/2010