English (B.A.) - Technical Communication may be completed fully online, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.
Admission Requirements
Degree Requirements
- Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
- Students must earn at least a "C" (2.0) in each required course.
- Students should consult with a departmental advisor.
- Departmental Residency Requirement consists of at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses taken from the UCF English Department.
- Courses designated in General Education Program and Common Program Prerequisites are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
Online English – Technical Communication, BA
Degree Requirements
Core Requirements: Basic Level
6 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- CRW3013 - Creative Writing for English Majors (3)
- ENG3014 - Theories and Techniques of Literature Study (3)
- CRW3053 - Theory & Practice of Creative Writing (3)
Core Requirements: Advanced Level
15 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- ENC4280 - Technical Writing Style (3)
- ENC4293 - Documentation and Project Management (3)
- ENC4294 - Client-Based Project Management (3)
- LIT4433 - Literature of Science and Technology (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ENC4215 - Document Design and Publication (3)
- ENC4218 - Visual Technical Communication (3)
Literary History Requirement
9 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Choose three courses from these two groupings
Pre-1865 Literature- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- AML3031 - American Literature I (3)
- AML3613 - Narratives of Slavery (3)
- ENL2012 - English Literature I (3)
- ENL3220 - English Renaissance Poetry and Prose (3)
- ENL4230 - Eighteenth-Century Studies (3)
- ENL4240 - English Romantic Writers (3)
- ENL4311 - Chaucer (3)
- ENL4333 - Shakespeare Studies (3)
- ENL4341 - Milton and His Age (3)
- LIT4374 - The Literature of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles (3)
- AML3286 - Early American Women's Words (3)
- AML3640 - Native American Literature (3)
- ENL3296 - Gothic Literature (3)
Post 1865 Literature- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- AML3041 - American Literature II (3)
- AML3261 - Literature of the South (3)
- AML3283 - Contemporary American Women's Fiction (3)
- AML3614 - Topics in African-American Literature (3)
- AML3615 - Harlem, Haiti, and Havana (3)
- AML4101 - American Novel (3)
- AML4155 - Modern American Poetry (3)
- AML4265 - Florida Writers (3)
- AML4321 - Modern American Literature (3)
- AML4630 - Latino/Latina Literature (3)
- ENL2022 - English Literature II (3)
- ENL4101 - English Novel (3)
- ENL4253 - The Victorian Age (3)
- ENL4262 - Nineteenth Century British Prose (3)
- ENL4273 - Modern British Literature (3)
- LIT3082 - Continental European Fiction Since 1900 (3)
- LIT3192 - Caribbean Literature (3)
- LIT4043 - Modern Drama As Literature (3)
- LIT4184 - Irish Literature (3)
- LIT4303 - Post-World War II Fiction (3)
- AML3643 - Contemporary Native American Prose and Poetry (3)
- LIT3823 - Hispanic Women Writers (3)
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following types of courses: Pre-1865 Literature courses or Post 1865 Literature courses
Restricted Electives
6 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- ENC4262 - International Technical Communication (3)
- ENC4265 - Writing for the Computer Industry (3)
- ENC4290 - Usability Testing for Technical Communication (3)
- ENC4414 - Writing and Hypertext (3)
- ENC4298 - Technical Communication for the Virtual Workplace (3)
- ENC4415 - Digital Rhetorics and The Modern Dialectic (3)
- ENC4219 - Technical Communication and Plain Language (3)
- Optional course:
- ENC 4941 - Internship Credit Hours: 3
Grand Total Credits: 36
