College of Arts and Humanities

ENGLISH
TECHNICAL WRITING (B.A.)

English Department, CNH 301
http://english.ucf.edu
E-mail: english@ucf.edu
Contact: T. Krise, 407-823-2212

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Admission Requirements

Degree Requirements

  • Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
  • Students must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in each required course.
  • Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in this major.
  • Students should consult with a departmental advisor.
  • Departmental Residency Requirement consists of at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses taken from the UCF English Department.
  • Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours.

(9 hrs)
Honors in English Degree:
Additional Requirements

  • Application and admission through the English Honors Committee and the Honors College.
  • Fulfill University requirements for Honors in the Major.
  • Grade of “B” (3.0) or better in 5000 level English elective (3 hrs), Directed Readings (3 hrs), and Thesis hours (3 hrs).
  • Successful completion and oral defense of honors thesis.
(36 hrs)
1. UCF General Education Program
6 hrs
A. Communication Foundations
  1. 3 hrs
    Select ENC 101, ENC 102
  2. 3 hrs
    Prefer SPC 1600 Fund of Oral Com
9 hrs
B. Cultural and Historical Foundations
6 hrs
C. Mathematical Foundations
  1. 3 hrs
    Prefer MGF 1106 Finite Mathematics
    (may substitute a higher level math)
  2. 3 hrs
    Prefer STA 1060C Statistics Using Excel
6 hrs
D. Social Foundations
6 hrs
E. Science Foundations
2. Common Program Prerequisites
  1. GEP
    ENC 1101* Composition I
  2. GEP
    ENC 1102* Composition II

* See Transfer Notes for possible substitutes

(6 hrs)
3. Core courses - Basic
3 hrs
Choose one of the following:
ENC 3211Theory & Practice of TechWriting
 OR
ENC 3241Writing for the Technical Professional
3 hrs
Choose one of the following:
ENG 3014Theory & Tech of Literary Study
 OR
CRW 3013Creative Writing for English Majors
(9 hrs)
4. Literary History Requirement

Choose three courses from these two groupings

a. Select at least one of these pre-1865 literature courses.
AML 3031American Literature I
AML 3613Narratives of Slavery
AML 4304Whitman & Heirs
ENL 2012English Literature I
ENL 4220English Renaissance Poetry and Prose
ENL 4230Eighteenth Century Studies
ENL 4240English Romantic Writers
ENL 4311Chaucer
ENL 4333Shakespeare
ENL 4341Milton and His Age
LIT 4374Literature of the Bible
b. Select at least one of these post 1865 literature courses
AML 3041American Literature II
AML 3283Contemp American Women’s Fiction
AML 3614Topics in African American Literature
AML 3615Harlem, Haiti, and Havana
AML 3640Native American Literature
AML 4101American Novel
AML 4153American Poetry at Mid-Century
AML 4155Modern American Poetry
AML 4261Literature of the South
AML 4265Florida Writers
AML 4321Modern American Literature
AML 4630Latino/Latina Literature
ENL 2022English Literature II
ENL 4101English Novel
ENL 4253The Victorian Age: Poetry
ENL 4262Nineteenth Century British Prose
ENL 4273Modern British Literature
LIT 3082Continental European Fiction Since 1900
LIT 3192Caribbean Literature
LIT 4043Modern Drama as Literature
LIT 4184Irish Literature
LIT 4303Post-World War II Fiction

Note: Each semester, additional courses may satisfy this requirement. Check with advisor for details.

(18 hrs)
5. Core requirements-Advanced
ENC 4280Technical Writing Style3 hrs
ENC 4293Documentation and the Collaborative Process3 hrs
ENC 4294Documentation and Client-Based Collaboration3 hrs
ENC 4295Capstone Experience in Technical Writing3 hrs
ENC 4280Technical Writing Style3 hrs
LIT 4433Literature of Science and Technology3 hrs

And choose one of the following:

ENC 4215Technical Publication and Project Management3 hrs
ENC 4218The Visual in Technical Communication3 hrs
(3 hrs)
6. Restricted Upper Division Electives

Choose one of the following:

ENC 3311Advanced Expository Writing
ENC 4262International Technical Communication
ENC 4265Writing for the Computer Industry
ENC 4290Usability Testing for Technical Communication
ENC 4414Writing and Hypertext

Optional course

ENC 4941Tech Writing & Editing Internship
7. Departmental Exit Requirements
  • Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in upper division required courses
  • Computer Competency met by completion of ENC 4293
(0-8 hrs)
8. Foreign Language Requirements
  • Admission: Met by graduation requirement
  • Graduation: Proficiency equivalent to three semesters of college instruction in a foreign language taught by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures or Judaic Studies. Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used to meet the requirement. With departmental approval, a cultural/multicultural or related course offered by the Department of English may be used to satisfy one semester of the Graduation requirement.
(variable)
9. Electives

Select primarily from upper level courses, with departmental advisor’s approval. May be outside of the department.

10. University Minimum Exit Requirements
  • A 2.0 UCF GPA
  • 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
  • 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
  • 30 of the last 36 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF
  • A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted
  • Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, the CLAST and nine hours of Summer credit (if applicable)
120 hrs
Total Semester Hours Required
  • Related Programs: Creative Writing, Literature
  • Related Minors: Creative Writing, Literature, Linguistics, Technical Writing, Writing

Transfer Notes:

  • Courses taken at community colleges do not substitute for Upper Division courses
  • Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information

Acceptable Substitutes for common program prerequisites to the BA in Technical Writing if taken prior to transferring to UCF:

  • ENC 1101* & 1102*: may use any two lower level courses, taught in the English Department, and each having a 6,000 word requirement. However, ENC 1101 & 1102 are prerequisites for all subsequent English courses and will need to be taken for the major.