Minor in Technical and Professional Writing
Certificate in Technical and Professional Writing
The major (45 units) offers core courses in writing, editing, graphics, and desktop publishing; electives in subject-matter backgrounds and in specialty areas of writing and editing; and an internship corresponding to the student's professional aims.
The minor (24 units) offers a preparation similar to the major, though in less depth. The minor provides an excellent adjunct to any major, assuring excellence in writing and editing in any profession or field which the student enters. This 24-unit program is also available as a certificate to (1) any undergraduate with at least 56 college units who does not wish to pursue a B.A. degree; or (2) any post-baccalaureate student who then enters as an unclassified graduate student.
Students wishing to pursue either the major or the minor should see the program coordinator for advising before they begin their course work.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (see Technical and Professional Writing discipline in the Announcement of Courses section).
Many of the following courses have prerequisites. Please consult the "Announcement of Courses" section of this Bulletin for course descriptions and prerequisites.
Core Courses Units TPW 400 Fundamentals of Technical and Professional Writing 3 DAI 423 Applied Graphics Design 3 TPW 402 Advanced Professional Editing 3 TPW 500 Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers 3 TPW 600 Individual and Team Writing Projects 3 TPW 695 Internship in Technical and Professional Writing 3 Subject Matter Focus Choose one area of focus in a given discipline or subject matter, or design an interdisci- plinary focus in consultation with the program coordinator. 18 Skills Electives Units selected from among the courses listed (see below) in consultation with the program coordinator. 9 Total for major 45
All courses listed here are three units unless otherwise noted: BECA 370 Radio and Television Writing BECA 470 Television Dramatic Writing BECA 560 Radio and Television News Production BECA 660 Television Center News I BUS 360 Business Communication CINE 355 Film Writing I CIS 560 Science Writing CLAR 497 Writing for Museums, Galleries, and Other Institutions DAI 323 Industrial Visuals DAI 324 Industrial Communication DAI 326 Graphic Reproduction Technology I DAI 523 Advertising Design and Graphics Industry (2) DAI 626 Microcomputer Applications in Graphic Communication Technology EDT 619 Computer Graphics for Instruc- tional Media EDT 641 Design of Computer Assisted Instruction ENG 416 Junior Composition ENG 418 Advanced Composition ENG 419 Advanced Composition for Teachers ENG 612 Critical Reviewing ENG 620 Literary Magazine ENG 657 Grammar and Rhetoric of the Sentence JOUR 221 Newswriting JOUR 300 Reporting JOUR 321 Feature Writing JOUR 430 Advanced Editing JOUR 485 Magazine Laboratory I MKTG 431 Marketing MKTG 432 Public Relations MKTG 434 Advertising Theory and Practice MKTG 630 Advertising Campaigns SPCH 354 Scientific Discourse (4) TPW 460 Grantwriting TPW 510 Introduction to Writing for Computers TPW 530 Software Documentation
Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (see Technical and Professional Writing discipline in the Announcement of Courses section).
Core Courses Units TPW 400 Fundamentals of Technical and Professional Writing 3 DAI 423 Applied Graphics Design 3 TPW 402 Advanced Professional Editing 3 TPW 698 Culminating Minor/Certificate Project in Technical and Professional Writing or TPW 600 Individual and Team Writing Projects 3 Total units for core 12 Skills Electives Twelve units selected in consultation with the program coordinator from the elective courses listed under the B.A. program. TPW 500 and 600 may also be chosen as electives. Students may choose up to six units of computer courses or other subject-area courses upon approval of the program coordinator. 12 Total for minor/certificate 24
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