Professional and Technical Writing, B.A.

General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit

Core (35 hours)

PTW majors are encouraged to take MCOM 2330 Mass Media and Society as part of their Social Sciences requirement in the Core. See General Core Requirements .

Second Language Proficiency (5 hours)

Students completing a Professional and Technical Writing degree must complete a minimum of 5 hours of language courses (linguistics, second language, or programming language) to satisfy the language requirement or demonstrate equivalent proficiency as measured by a competency test.

Choose from one of the following categories:

Linguistics

World Language

Any foreign language offered by UA Little Rock. (see “Department of World Languages ”)
or
INTR 1320 - American Sign Language I
and
INTR 1321 - American Sign Language II

Computer Programming Language

Major (36 hours)

College and/or Program Foundation Courses (21 hours)

Electives (15 hours)

The electives may not include RHET 3316 , not more than 6 hours total in the following: internships, independent writing projects, and/or upper-level MCOM courses. We recommend students take RHET 3300 Introduction to Research .

Minor

(none required)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.