Skill Area I. Communication Skills
Six credits are required in total, including 3 in either WRT 105 or WRT110.*
All entering students are required to take WRT 105 (Enhanced Introduction to College Writing) or WRT 110 (Introduction to College Writing), which are introductory courses in expository writing, unless exempt due to previous coursework. A score of 550 or higher on the Writing portion of the SAT or 23 or higher on the English portion of the ACT is needed to enroll in WRT 110. Students with SAT Writing scores below 400 or ACT English scores below 18 will be required to complete WRT 100 (Fundamentals of Composition), which focuses on improvement of basic writing skills, prior to taking WRT 110. Students with SAT Writing scores between 400-540 or ACT English scores between 18-22 will be required to take the Writing Placement Test, which will place them in WRT 110, WRT 105, or WRT 100.
*Students who have not completed WRT 110 prior to earning 61 credits are required to take both WRT 110 and WRT 202.
Courses designed to improve communications skills relevant for the successful pursuit of a university education and for the enhancement of career opportunities.
ARAB 125 | Intermediate Arabic I | 3 |
ARAB 126 | Intermediate Arabic II | 3 |
ASL 125 | Intermediate American Sign Language I | 3 |
ASL 126 | Intermediate American Sign Language II | 3 |
CHIN 125 | Intermediate Chinese I | 3 |
CHIN 126 | Intermediate Chinese II | 3 |
CHIN 225 | Intermediate Chinese III | 3 |
CHIN 226 | Intermediate Chinese IV | 3 |
CHIN 261 | Business Chinese | 3 |
COMM 115 | Fundamentals of Communication | 3 |
COMM 127 | Vlog Studio Production | 3 |
COMM 140 | Public Speaking | 3 |
COMM 280 | Business and Professional Speaking | 3 |
ENG 274 | Storytelling | 3 |
ENGR 290 | Engineering Technical Writing and Presentation | 3 |
ESL 100 | Fundamentals of Composition for English Learners | 3 |
ESL 105 | Enhanced Introduction to College Writing for English Learners | 3 |
ESL 108 | Academic Writing I | 3 |
ESL 109 | Academic Writing II | 3 |
FR 125 | Intermediate French I | 3 |
FR 126 | Intermediate French II | 3 |
FR 225 | Intermediate French III | 3 |
FR 226 | Intermediate French IV | 3 |
FYS 105 | First Year Seminar - Communication Skills | 2- 4 |
GER 125 | Intermediate German I | 3 |
GER 126 | Intermediate German II | 3 |
GER 225 | Intermediate German III | 3 |
GER 226 | Intermediate German IV | 3 |
HON 115 | Writing & Research I | 3 |
HON 140 | Writing & Research I | 4 |
HON 315 | Writing and Research II | 2 |
HON 441 | Writing & Research III: Honors Thesis | 2 |
HON 455 | Writing and Research III | 1 |
ITAL 125 | Intermediate Italian I | 3 |
ITAL 126 | Intermediate Italian II | 3 |
ITAL 225 | Intermediate Italian III | 3 |
ITAL 226 | Intermediate Italian IV | 3 |
JAPN 125 | Intermediate Japanese I | 3 |
JAPN 126 | Intermediate Japanese II | 3 |
JAPN 225 | Intermediate Japanese III | 3 |
JAPN 226 | Intermediate Japanese IV | 3 |
JRN 200 | Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
JRN 235 | News Writing and Reporting I | 3 |
MC 207 | Managerial Communication I | 3 |
WL 126 | Intermediate Modern Language II | 3 |
POL 125 | Intermediate Polish I | 3 |
POL 126 | Intermediate Polish II | 3 |
SPAN 125 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 |
SPAN 126 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 |
SPAN 190 | Language for Heritage Speakers of Spanish I | 3 |
SPAN 191 | Language for Heritage Speakers of Spanish II | 3 |
SPAN 225 | Intermediate Spanish III | 3 |
SPAN 226 | Intermediate Spanish IV | 3 |
SPAN 261 | Business Spanish | 3 |
SPAN 290 | Hispanic Culture for Heritage Speakers of Spanish I | 3 |
SPAN 291 | Hispanic Culture for Heritage Speakers of Spanish II | 3 |
SW 225 | Writing for the Social Work Profession | 3 |
WL 125 | Intermediate Modern Language I | 3 |
WL 200 | Topics in World Language Studies | 0.5-3 |
WRT 100 | Fundamentals of Composition | 3 |
WRT 105 | Enhanced Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
WRT 110 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
WRT 202 | Intermediate Composition | 3 |
WRT 265 | Introduction to Creative Writing: A Survey of Forms | 3 |
WRT 275 | Digital Rhetorics | |
WRT 280 | Tutoring Writing | 3 |