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)
- AML3630 - Latinx 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
Capstone Requirements
Electives
Select primarily from upper level courses after meeting with a departmental advisor. Courses may be outside the department.
Please note that no more than 6 of the following courses may be taken:
- CRW 3120 - Fiction Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 3211 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 3310 - Poetry Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 3610 - Writing Scripts Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 4122 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 4224 - Advanced Nonfiction Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 4320 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 4616 - Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4360 - Nature Writing Credit Hours: 3
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
- Met by graduation requirement
Graduation
- Proficiency equivalent to three semesters of college instruction in a foreign language taught by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures or the Department of History (Hebrew). Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used to meet the requirement. With departmental approval, a cultural/multicultural or related course offered by the Department of English may be used to satisfy one semester of the Graduation requirement.
Additional Requirements
- The English Department offers multiple opportunities to complete the signature experience requirement. Please consult the Undergraduate Advisor for a full listing.
Required Minors
Departmental Exit Requirements
- Maintain and achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all courses used towards the major.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 42 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120
Additional Information
Honors In Major (9 Credit Hours)
- Application and admission through the English Honors Committee and the Honors College.
- Fulfill University requirements for Honors in the Major.
- Grade of "B" (3.0) or better in an English graduate or undergraduate level course or in a graduate or undergraduate level course outside the major that relates to thesis with approval (3 hours), Directed Readings (3 hours), and Thesis hours (3 hours).
- Successful completion and oral defense of Honors thesis.
Related Programs
- English, Creative Writing (B.A.)
- English, Literature (B.A.)
Certificates
- Editing and Publishing Certificate
Related Minors
- English, Creative Writing Minor
- English, Literature Minor
- English, Linguistics Minor
- Writing and Rhetoric Minor
Advising Notes
Transfer Notes
- Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
- Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.
Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses
- ENC 1101 & ENC 1102: may use any two lower level courses taught in the English Department. However, ENC 1101 & ENC 1102 are prerequisites for all subsequent English courses and will need to be taken for the major.
Program Academic Learning Compacts
- Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: https://oeas.ucf.edu/about/academiclearningcompacts/
Plan of Study
- One of the numerous possible plans of study. See program description for all requirements. Consult a departmental advisor for alternate, new or more appropriate selections.
Freshman Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
Freshman Year - Spring (16 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- Foreign Language Elementary I Credit Hours: 4
Sophomore Year - Fall (16 Credit Hours)
- LIT 2110 or LIT 2120 Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- Foreign Language Elementary II Credit Hours: 4
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional Credit Hours: 3
- Pre-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 3013, CRW 3053, or ENG 3014 Credit Hours: 3
- Foreign Language Intermediate I or English Diversity or Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 4293 - Documentation and Project Management Credit Hours: 3
- LIT 4433 - Literature of Science and Technology Credit Hours: 3
- Post-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 4294 - Client-Based Project Management Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4280 - Technical Writing Style Credit Hours: 3
- Pre- or Post-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 4215 or ENC 4218 Credit Hours: 3
- Technical Communication Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Spring (13 Credit Hours)
- Technical Communication Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 1
