English – Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing
Administered by Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Effective Spring 2017
As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
A total of 39 semester hours is required for a major in English. No course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. With the addition of general education requirements and elective courses of at least 32 semester hours, the 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree is satisfied.
All Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing students must have a 2.0 GPA in their concentration courses after completing 45 credits to continue in the major. If your GPA falls below 2.0 in your required courses, you will have one semester to bring it up. A student must receive a C- or above in any English course for the course to count toward the English major.
As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
Required Courses:
ENGLISH.101 Foundations of College Writing
ENGLISH.203 Approaches to Literary Study
INTSTUDY.231 Technical Writing OR
BUSED.333 Business Communication & Report Writing
Learning Objective 1 - Develop skills in writing and rhetoric and disciplinary conventions (9 credit hours)
ENGLISH.212 English Grammar and Usage
ENGLISH.225 Rhetoric and Professional Writing
ENGLISH.306 Theory and Practice of Writing
ENGLISH.307 Writing for the Internet
ENGLISH.308 Advanced Expository Writing
ENGLISH.311 Structure of English
ENGLISH.397 Writing Center Consulting
ENGLISH.401 Writing in the Professions
ENGLISH.402 Writing for Multiple Media
Other disciplinary writing courses may be used for objective one fulfilment when double majoring.
Learning Objective 2 – Demonstrate Proficiency in a range of software applications related to document compositions (9 credit hours)
INSTTECH.460/560 Multimedia Production
INSTTECH.470/570 Introduction to Website Development
ARTSTDIO.291 Introductory Digital Art
ARTSTDIO.293 Graphic Print Design
Learning Objective 3 – Acquire an awareness of the power of language: textual analysis (6 credit hours)
ENGLISH.221 Bible as Literature
ENGLISH.226 European Literature 1
ENGLISH.227 European Literature 2
ENGLISH.236 American Literature 1
ENGLISH.237 American Literature 2
ENGLISH.246 British Literature I
ENGLISH.247 British Literature 2
ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature 1
ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature 2
ENGLISH.281 U.S. Latino Literatures
ENGLISH.283 Jewish Fictions
ENGLISH.286 Women's Literature
ENGLISH.287 Black Women Writers
ENGLISH.288 Feminist Reading of Culture
ENGLISH.321 American Romanticism
ENGLISH.322 American Realism
ENGLISH.323 American Modernism
ENGLISH.324 Contemporary American Literature
ENGLISH.326 African American Literature
ENGLISH.341 Medieval Literature
ENGLISH.342 Renaissance Literature
ENGLISH.344 Restoration and 18th Century
ENGLISH.345 Romantic and Victorian Literature
ENGLISH.348 British Modernism
ENGLISH.372 Modern Novel
ENGLISH.374 Short Story
ENGLISH.380 Queer Theory
Learning Objective 4 – Design a feasible/usable long-term project based on the needs of actual clients or commissioning identities (6 credit hours)
ENGLISH.307 Writing for the Internet
ENGLISH.309 Writing Evaluating Technical Manuals
ENGLISH.401 Writing in the Professions
ENGLISH.402 Writing in Multiple Media
ITM.405 Training and Development
Learning Objective 5 - All Students must complete a capstone experience, which demonstrates proficiency in all four learning objectives (3 credit hours)
ENGLISH.403 Freelancing for Professional Writers (must be junior status)
ENGLISH.497 English Internship (must have 45 credits and approval of department chair)
Learning Goals 1-4:
Senior ePortfolio presentation: must contain at least 10 artifacts and narrative before graduation. Review of progress with a member of the English Department Curriculum Committee, is required when students reach 60 – 75 credit hours. Required for class of 2015 and after.