Course variations

Course summary

This program offers a unique combination of written, oral, and visual communication theory and practice as they apply to interdisciplinary areas of science and technology. It examines how communication is a complex process that involves both the robust principles of audience, persuasion, clarity, accuracy, and ethical integrity, and a command of the knowledge of scientific and technical topics that one communicates. Students have the opportunity to examine social, legal, ethical, and political implications of communication as they relate to science, environment, gender, technology, diverse cultures, and workplace practices.

Program modules

The program modules are as follows: ANTH 3041-Ecological Anthropology (3 cr), ANTH 4069-Environmental Archaeology, SSCI, ENVT (3 cr), APEC 3611-Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, ENV (3 cr), ARCH 4561-Architecture and Ecology (3 cr), BBE 4733-Renewable Energy Technologies (3 cr), CE 3501-Environmental Engineering, ENV (3 cr), CHEN 5551-Survey of Renewable Energy Technologies (3 cr), ECON 3611-Environmental Economics (3 cr), EEB 3001-Ecology and Society, ENV (3 cr), ESPM 1011-Issues in the Environment, ENV (3 cr), ESPM 2041-Natural Resources Consumption and Sustainability (3 cr), ESPM 3011W-Ethics in Natural Resources, WI (3 cr), ESPM 3241W-Natural Resource and Environmental Policy: History, Creation, and Implementation, SOCS, CIV, WI (3 cr), ESPM 3251-Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development, GP (3 cr), ESPM 3261-Economics and Natural Resources Management, SOCS, ENV (4 cr), ESPM 3601-Our Home, Our Environment (3 cr), ESPM 3603-Environmental Life Cycle Analysis (3 cr), ESPM 3604-Environmental Management Systems and Strategy (3 cr), FW 4102-Principles of Conservation Biology (3 cr), FW 5455-Sustainable Aquaculture (3 cr), GEO 1001-Earth and Its Environments, PHYS, ENV (4 cr), GEO 1002-Earth History (4 cr), GEO 3002-Climate Change and Human History, ENV (3 cr), GEO 3003-Geohazards (3 cr), GEO 3004-Water and Society (3 cr), GEO 3005-Earth Resources (3 cr), GEOG 3355-Environmental Quality (3 cr), GEOG 3401-Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change, ENV (4 cr), HIST 3452-African Conservation Histories (3 cr), HSCI 3244-History of Ecology and Environmentalism (3 cr), LA 3501-Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context, ENV (3 cr), PHIL 3301-Environmental Ethics (4 cr), SOC 4305-Society and the Environment: A Growing Conflict (3 cr), SOC 4311-Race, Class, and the Politics of Nature (3 cr), URBS 3751-Understanding the Urban Environment, ENV (3 cr), AGRO 3203W-Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen, GP, WI (3 cr), or ANSC 3203W-Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen, GP, WI (3 cr), AGRO 5321-Ecology of Agricultural Systems (3 cr), or ENT 5321-Ecology of Agricultural Systems (3 cr), BIOL 3407-Ecology (3 cr), or BIOL 3408W-Ecology, WI (3 cr), SUST 3003-Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet, ENV (3 cr), or GLOS 3304-Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet (3 cr), GEOG 3379-Environment and Development in the Third World, SOCS, ENV (3 cr), or GLOS 3303-Environment and Development in the Third World (3 cr).

Entry requirement for international students

Students to be considered for admission must have completed the coursework through high school graduation. They are expected to complete, at a minimum, the University's core subject requirements such as four years of English with an emphasis on writing, including instruction in reading and speaking skills and in literary understanding and appreciation; three years of mathematics including one year each of elementary algebra, geometry, and intermediate algebra; three years of science including one year each of biological and physical science, and including a laboratory experience; three years of social studies including one year each of U.S. history and geography; two years of a single second language; and one year of visual and/or performing arts including instruction in the history and interpretation of the art form. Individual circumstances are also considered as part of the overall assessment of each application and may factor into individual decisions. Outstanding talent, achievement, or aptitude in a particular area; an exceptionally rigorous academic curriculum; strong commitment to community service and leadership; military service; contribution to the cultural, gender, age, economic, racial, or geographic diversity of the student body; evidence of having overcome social, economic, or physical barriers to educational achievement; first-generation college student; significant responsibility in a family, community, job, or activity; family employment or attendance at the University of Minnesota and extenuating circumstances. Also students who are non-native speakers of English need to demonstrate their English language proficiency with a minimum TOEFL score of 550 in paper based 79 for internet based, 6.5 for IELTS, and 80 for MELAB. If students have taken the ACT exam and scored 17 or lower on the English OR reading section (or SAT critical reading [verbal] score of 420 or lower) need to provide English language scores.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus

Department name

College of Liberal Arts, Department of Writing Studies