MA in English
PROGRAM OF STUDY
Emphasis in Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing
English Department
Student Name: _________________________________________
Date: _________________________
I. Rhetoric and Writing Courses (15 hours) from Eng 501, 503, 511, 519, 520, 521, 570, 610, 631
Course
Units
Term Taken
Institution/Grade
II. English 685 (3 hours)
.
III. Electives (18 units) chosen with your advisor’s approval.
TOTAL UNITS
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(36 units needed)
(August 2005)
PROGRAM OF STUDY
MA in English
Emphasis in Literacy, Technology, and Professional Writing
English Department
I. FOCUS COURSES (18 Units)
9 units of focus courses chosen from the following: (3 courses total; 1 course from each emphasis)
3 units from Professions and Organizations:
ENG 502: Advanced Technical Writing
3 units
ENG 503: Written Communication in Organizations
3 units
ENG 522: Rhetoric and Writing in Professional Communities
3 units
3 units from Literacy, Language, and Technology:
ENG 519: Technology and Visual Literacy
ENG 520: Literacy and Teaching Writing
ENG 521: Language and Diversity
3 units
3 units
3 units
3 units from Theory and Argumentation
ENG 511: Writing Theory and Practice
ENG 606: Issues in Technical and Professional Writing
ENG 631: Argumentation
3 units
3 units
3 units
9 elective units from courses in Professions and Organizations and/or Literacy, Language, and
Technology, and/or Theory and Argumentation (3 courses; all courses may be from same emphasis)
Professions and Organizations:
Eng 502: Advanced Technical Writing
Eng 503: Written Communication in Organizations
Eng 517: Professional Editing
Eng 605: Writing Effective Proposals
Eng 522: Rhetoric and Writing in Professional Communities
Eng 549: Document Design and Usability Testing
Eng 569: Document Project Management
Eng 608: Fieldwork Experience
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
units
units
units
units
units
units
units
units
Literacy, Language and Technology:
Eng 519: Technology and Visual Literacy
Eng 520: Literacy Studies
Eng 521: Language and Diversity
Eng 570: Introduction to Multimedia Design
Eng 610: Autobiographical Literacies
Eng 672: NAWP Summer Institute (6 hrs.)
3
3
3
3
3
3
units
units
units
units
units
units
Theory and Argumentation:
Eng 501: Graduate Composition
Eng 511: Writing Theory and Practice
Eng 606: Issues in Technical and Professional Writing
Eng 631: Argumentation
3
3
3
3
units
units
units
units
(Note: students who enter the program with a professional writing certificate (18 hours) can use
the certificate to fulfill the above requirements)
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(August 2005)
II: APPLICATION AND ELECTIVE COURSES (18 Units)
Application: 3-6 units
These are project courses, internship, thesis credit, or e-portfolio and Web site construction (1 or 2 courses):
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
608: Field Work
685: Graduate Research
697: Independent Study
699: Thesis Credit
3
3
3
3
units
units
units
- 6 units
**Students should contact their faculty advisor after completing their sixth class to begin planning for
application project.
Electives: 12-15 Units.
These can be English courses not already taken or courses from outside the department that are germane to a
student’s plan chosen with their advisor.
For example, students wishing to write in the area of medicine may wish to take health science or
biochemistry courses. Students wishing to write in the area of ecology and wilderness may wish to take forestry
or ecology courses to learn vocabulary, methods, and context for the discourse community in which they plan
to write. Students wishing to work in the area of education may wish to take courses in educational leadership,
bilingual and multicultural education, or educational psychology courses.
Possibilities for elective courses outside the area of Literacy, Technology, and Professional Writing:
Courses from English Education, Literature, TESL, Creative Writing:
ENG 504, 510, 516, 518, 538, 551, 560, 573, 576, 601, 608, 685, 699
Courses from Education:
BME 631, 637; EPS 596; ETC 547, 567, 647, 667; EDF 670, 671, 677
Courses from Business Administration:
BA 500, 503, 550
Courses from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology:
ANT 614; CJ 625, 654; POS 604, 627
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(August 2005)