Advising Check Sheet – (major) – W&R – Declared Fall 2012 or later
Name:
BA:
Student ID:
 MOFL 232 or above
 PHIL (not 120 or150)
BS:
Gen Ed:
 Cluster I:
 Critical Thinking
 Human Communication
 Writing
 Cluster II:
 Human Questions & Contexts
 Visual & Performing Arts
 Literature
 Scientific literacy
 Quantitative (math)
 Cluster III:
 Group 1
 Group 2
 Group 3
 Cluster IV:
 American Experience
 Global Experience
 Cluster V:
 Wellness
 Socio-culture
 Core requirements (6 courses)
 WRTC 200 Intro to WRTC (prerequisite: GWRTC 103)
 WRTC 201 Theory & Methods in WRTC (pre- or co-requisite: WRTC 200)
 WRTC 300 Professional Editing (prerequisite: WRTC 200 and WRTC 201)
 WRTC 301 Language, Law and Ethics (prerequisite: WRTC 200 and WRTC 201)
 WRTC 495 WRTC Internship (prerequisite: WRTC 200, WRTC 201 and WRTC 300)
 WRTC 496 Capstone in WRTC (1 credit) (prerequisite: WRTC 495)
(16 credits)
 W & R Electives (4 courses)
 WRTC 330**
 WRTC 334
** required
 WRTC 336
 WRTC 332
 WRTC 338
(12 credits)
 TSC Elective (1 course)
 WRTC 340
 WRTC 342
 WRTC 430/SCOM 343
 WRTC 432
 WRTC 434
 WRTC 436
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(3 credits)
 Crossover Elective (1 course)  ___________________
(3 credits)
 Community Based Learning
Elective (1 course)
(3 credits)
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120 JMU credits required for graduation
37 credits required for WRTC major
Writing and Rhetoric Concentration
New curriculum beginning 2012-2013 UG Catalog
W&R Concentration Requirements (21 credits)
W&R Electives (12 credits)
 WRTC 330 (required for W&R)
- Students complete 3 courses from the following:
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WRTC 332 – Computers and Writing
WRTC 334 – Introduction to Popular Writing
WRTC 336 – Tutoring Writing
WRTC 338 – Genre Theory
WRTC 340 – Writing as Leading
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WRTC 342 – Writing Place
WRTC 430 – Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
WRTC 432 – Rhetoric of the Personal Narrative
WRTC 434 – Advanced Popular Writing
WRTC 436 – Teaching Writing
TSC Elective (3 credits) - Students complete 1 course from the following:
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WRTC 350 – Foundations of TSC
WRTC 352 – Online Design I
WRTC 354 – Document Design
WRTC 356 – Web Theory
WRTC 358 – Writing about Science & Technol
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WRTC 450 – Digital Rhetoric
WRTC 452 – Online Design II
WRTC 454 – Publication Management
WRTC 456 – Usability Testing
WRTC 458 – Scientific & Medical Communicati
WRTC Crossover Elective (3 credits) – Students complete 1 course from the following:
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WRTC 310 – Semiotics
WRTC 312 – Studies in Literacy
WRTC 314 – Writing in the Public Sphere
WRTC 316 – Research Methodologies in WRTC
WRTC 318 – Intercultural Professional Comm
WRTC 328 – Practicum (1-3 credits, repeatab)
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WRTC 410 – Sociolinguistics
WRTC 412 – Language & Information Manage
WRTC 414 – Major Theorists in WRTC
WRTC 416 – Rhetoric of Environmental Sci & T
WRTC 420 – Feminist Rhetorics
WRTC 426 – Special Topics
Community Based Learning Elective (3 credits) – Students complete 1 course from the following:
 WRTC 478 – Writing in the Legal Professions
 WRTC 480 – Writing for Business and Industry
 WRTC 482 – Writing for Government
 WRTC 484 – Writing for Nonprofits
 WRTC 486 – Writing in the Community
 WRTC 488 – Writing in the Health Sciences