Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 36 ENGL credit hours.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 30 upper division (3000-level and above) ENGL credit hours.
3. Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all courses applied to major requirements. 
4. Students must complete all major courses, taken at CU Denver and all transfer courses applying to major requirements with a minimum grade of C- (1.7). Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
5. Students must complete a minimum of 15 upper division (3000-level and above) credits hours with CU Denver faculty.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. ENGL 1010, 1020 and 2030 do not count toward the major, nor does CLEP or AP credit.
2. Students may not count more than 56 credit hours of ENGL credit toward the major; double majors in English Writing and English are exempt and are required to complete 63 credits of ENGL credit hours.
3. A maximum of 6 credit hours of Internship/cooperative education courses may be counted toward the major for students who have completed 60 or more credits. Internships count as upper division level electives.  
4. Courses may not be used more than once between the Required Course Areas and electives. The exception is English 4190. Two 4190s are required in the Required Course Areas, and one additional 4190 can count below as an Elective Courses. A maximum of three 4190s may count, in total and all must have different topics in order to count.
5. Courses toward the major may not be counted toward an English minor (Literature, Writing, Creative Writing or Film Studies).
6. At least 15 upper division level ENGL credit hours must be taken with CU Denver faculty.

• Take one of the following courses:

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

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  Take one the following Multimedia courses:

• ENGL 3084 - Multimedia Composition
• ENGL 4701 - Multimedia in the Community

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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 3939 - Internship
• 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).