Lewis Department of Humanities Sample Curriculum


Humanities | Journalism of Technology, Science & Business | Professional & Technical Communication

Note that this is just a sample curriculum, and does not reflect credit gained from advanced placement, transfer credit, minors, or other special programs. Also, in some cases, courses below may represent an arbitrary choice between two equivalent or optional courses in a program. For more details, see the Undergraduate Catalog.

Humanities

Semester 1 Credits
Semester 2 Credits
100-Level Humanities Course 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Applied Mathematics Elective 3
Free Elective 3
General Biology Lectures 3
Applied Mathematics Elective 3
General Biology Laboratory 1
Human Biology Lectures 3
Introduction to Computer Programming 2
Human Biology Laboratory 1
Introduction to the Profession 3
Total 15
Total 13

Semester 3 Credits
Semester 4 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Basic Physics 1 3
Humanities (Major) Elective 3
Total 9
Total 9

Semester 5 Credits
Semester 6 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Humanities (Major) Elective 3
Humanities (Major) Elective 3
Total 9
Total 6

Semester 7 Credits
Semester 8 Credits
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Interprofessional Project 3
Interprofessional Project 3
Humanities (Major) Elective 3
Humanities (Major) Elective 3
Total 9
Total 9

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Journalism of Technology, Science & Business

Semester 1 Credits
Semester 2 Credits
Calculus 1 5
Calculus 2 5
Object-Oriented Programming 1 2
Object-Oriented Programming 2 2
100-Level Humanities Course 3
Principles of Chemistry 1 4
General Biology Lectures 3
Mass Media and Society 3
Introduction to the Profession 3
Principles of Economics 3
Total 16
Total 17

Semester 3 Credits
Semester 4 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
General Physics 1: Mechanics 4
Free Elective 3
Data Structures and Algorithms 3
Principles of Chemistry 2 4
Communication Law and Ethics 3
Science, Technology & Society Elective 3
Business Basics 3
Introduction to Journalism 3
Total 16
Total 16

Semester 5 Credits
Semester 6 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Interprofessional Project 3
Technology, Science & Business Elective 3
Financial Accounting 3
Supervised Field Project 1
Writing about Science, Technology & Business 3
Intercultural Communication 3
Technology, Science & Business Elective 3
Journalism Elective 3
Supervised Field Project 1
Total 16
Total 13

Semester 7 Credits
Semester 8 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective 3
Interprofessional Project 3
Editing 3
Technical Communication 3
Technology, Science & Business Elective 3
Science, Technology & Society Elective 3
Journalism Elective 3
Total 15
Total 15

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Professional & Technical Communication

Semester 1 Credits
Semester 2 Credits
Calculus 1 5
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
100-Level Humanities Course 3
Free Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Principles of Chemistry 1 4
Natural Science or Engineering Elective 3
Natural Science or Engineering Elective 3
Introduction to the Profession 3
Linguistics Elective 3
Total 17
Total 16

Semester 3 Credits
Semester 4 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Ethics Course 3
Minor Course Elective 3
Art History / Architecture Course 3
Free Elective 3
Natural Science or Engineering Elective 3
Science, Technology & Society Elective 3
PTC Elective 3
PTC Elective 3
Total 15
Total 15

Semester 5 Credits
Semester 6 Credits
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Humanities or Social Science Elective 3
Minor Course Elective 3
Minor Course Elective 3
Interprofessional Project 3
Free Elective 3
Technical Communication 3
Document Design 3
Science, Technology & Society Elective 3
Web / CAD / Engineering Graphics Sequence 3
Web / CAD / Engineering Graphics Sequence 1
Total 18
Total 15

Semester 7 Credits
Semester 8 Credits
Minor Course Elective 3
Minor Course Elective 3
Interprofessional Project 3
Free Elective 3
Science, Technology & Society Elective 3
Verbal and Visual Communication 3
Editing 3
Science, Technology & Society Elective 3
Web / CAD / Engineering Graphics Sequence 3
PTC Elective 3
Total 15
Total 15

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