Dec 30, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, B.S. 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science with a major in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
WRD 210 - SOCIAL MEDIA: THEORY, CULTURE, POLITICS, PRACTICE Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

WRD 208 - MULTIMEDIA WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 300 - INTRODUCTION TO WRITING, RHETORIC, AND DIGITAL STUDIES Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Third Semester Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

WRD 306 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONS IN WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 320 - RHETORICAL THEORY AND HISTORY Credit(s): 3
WRD 422 - PUBLIC ADVOCACY: (SUBT REQ) Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Global Dynamics (outside WRD) Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

WRD 301 - STYLE FOR WRITERS Credit(s): 3
WRD 308 - VISUAL RHETORIC Credit(s): 3
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

WRD 405 - EDITING ENGLISH PROSE Credit(s): 3
WRD 420 - RHETORICAL TRADITIONS (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Citizenship - USA Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

WRD 430 - ADVANCED WORKSHOP (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
A&S - Social Science Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
Elective (outside WRD) Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

WRD 408 - DIGITAL COMPOSING Credit(s): 3
A&S - Lab Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3
A&S - Science or Math Course Credit(s): 3