IX(b). Component Area Option (b): Writing in the Disciplines

Objectives

The objective of a writing in the disciplines component of a core curriculum is to enable the student to communicate effectively in clear and correct prose in a style appropriate to the subject, occasion, and audience.

Writing intensive courses require substantial writing (at least 3000 words, including at least one piece of work done outside of class and returned to the student prior to the end of the semester or term with the instructor’s written evaluation of grammar, style, and content).

The following courses satisfy the core requirements in Writing in the Disciplines. See the current Course Listings for prerequisites and other restrictions, additions, and deletions.

Writing in the Disciplines: Approved Core Courses

• ANTH 2304 - Introduction to Language and Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
• ANTH 3348 - Anthropology of Religion Credit Hours: 3.0
• ANTH 3361 - Human Origins Credit Hours: 3.0
• ANTH 3381 - Global Hinduism Credit Hours: 3.0
• ARAB 3314 - Women and Gender in Arabic Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• ARCH 1359 - Design Since 1945 Credit Hours: 3.0
• ARTH 3312 - Pre-Columbian Art Credit Hours: 3.0
• BCHS 4311 - Biochemistry Lab II Credit Hours: 3.0
• BIOL 3311 - Genetics Laboratory Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 4305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation Credit Hours: 3.0
• COMM 1302 - Introduction to Communication Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
• DAN 2307 - Aesthetics of Movement Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• DAN 3310 - Dance History I Credit Hours: 3.0 *
• ECON 3334 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGI 2304 - Technical Communications for Engineers Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 2330 - Writing in the Discipline of English Credit Hours: 3.0
• GENB 4350 - Business Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3.0
• HDCS 1300 - Human Ecosystems and Technological Change Credit Hours: 3.0
• HDFS 1300 - Development of Contemporary Families Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3314 - Liberals vs. Conservatives: FDR to the Present Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3333 - Chicano History Since 1910 Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3351 - Work and Family Life in Modern Europe Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3369 - Colonial Mexico Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 4339 - Modern European Intellectual History Credit Hours: 3.0
• HRMA 3358 - Hospitality Industry Law Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3307 - Italian Renaissance Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3309 - Women Writers and Filmmakers of Modern Italy Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 4308 - Dante and His World Credit Hours: 3.0
• LAST 3300 - Latin American Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Credit Hours: 3.0
• MUSI 2301 - Classical Music and Lasting Value Credit Hours: 3.0
• MUSI 3303 - Popular Music in the Americas Since 1840 Credit Hours: 3.0
• PHIL 1334 - Introduction to the Mind Credit Hours: 3.0
• PHYS 3313 - Advanced Laboratory I Credit Hours: 3.0
• POLS 2341 - Renaissance Classics Credit Hours: 3.0
• POLS 3310 - Introduction to Political Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
• PSYC 2344 - Cultural Psychology Credit Hours: 3.0
• PSYC 3310 - Industrial-Organization Psychology Credit Hours: 3.0
• PSYC 4321 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3.0
• RELS 2340 - Introduction to Hinduism Credit Hours: 3.0
• RELS 2350 - Introduction to Islam Credit Hours: 3.0
• RELS 2360 - Introduction to Buddhism Credit Hours: 3.0
• RELS 3370 - The Bible and Modern Science Credit Hours: 3.0
• RELS 3381 - Global Hinduism Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3351 - Social Class and Mobility in America Credit Hours: 3.0
• SPAN 3384 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• TELS 3363 - Technical Communications Credit Hours: 3.0
• THEA 2344 - American Drama Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4356 - World Film & Film Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4365 - World Fiction & Reportage Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4367 - Voices from Exile and Diaspora Credit Hours: 3.0