Program Requirements

1. Students majoring in English Writing must present a total of 36 hours in the major (excluding ENGL 1010, 1020 and 2030), of which 27 hours must be earned in upper-division courses.
2. None of the required 39 hours may be taken on a pass/fail basis.
3. Only courses completed with a grade of C- 1.7 or above may be counted toward the major.
4. At least 15 upper-division hours of the student’s work in writing must be taken from English faculty at CU Denver.
5. Internship/cooperative education courses may be counted toward the major (up to 6 hours) for students who have completed over 60 credit hours overall (junior standing or higher).

• Take one of the following courses:

• ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies
• ENGL 2070 - Grammar, Rhetoric and Style

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  Take the following Multimedia course:

• ENGL 3084 - Multimedia Composition

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  Take one of the following Language Study courses:

• ENGL 3160 - Language Theory
• ENGL 4601 - Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition
• ENGL 4651 - Second Language Writing

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  Take both of the following Advanced Writing Experience courses (must be with different topics):

• ENGL 4190 - Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies
• ENGL 4190 - Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies  

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  Take 21 hours (seven courses) of Elective Courses in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies:

  **A course does not count here and in the Required Course Areas above. The exception is English 4190. Two 4190s are required in the above section (A: Required Course Areas), and one additional 4190 can count below (in B: Elective Courses), if elected. (A maximum of three 4190s, in total.)

• ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies  
• ENGL 2070 - Grammar, Rhetoric and Style  
• ENGL 3084 - Multimedia Composition  
• ENGL 3154 - Technical Writing
• ENGL 3160 - Language Theory  
• ENGL 3170 - Business Writing
• ENGL 3405 - Topics in Writing
• ENGL 3416 - Magazine Writing
• ENGL 3995 - Travel Study
• ENGL 4175 - Writing in the Sciences
• ENGL 4180 - Argumentation and Logic
• ENGL 4190 - Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies  
• ENGL 4280 - Proposal and Grant Writing
• ENGL 4601 - Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition  
• ENGL 4651 - Second Language Writing  
• ENGL 4740 - Honors in Writing
• ENGL 4995 - Senior Writing Project
• Up to two courses that are either 3000- or 4000-level courses in the English Department (such as creative writing workshops, film courses, or literature courses), or up to two writing courses in other departments (prior approval from an advisor required for courses outside of English). This is an option, not a requirement.