University of Minnesota
Department of Writing Studies
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Sub-plan 1. Information Technology and Design

Writing Studies course required for this sub-plan:
WRIT 3577W: Rhetoric, Technology and Internet, 3 cr (will fulfill major elective)

Choose 15 credits from the following courses:

Courses

Credits

Prerequisite

AFEE 3112: Technical Drawing and Production Technologies

3

None

ARCH 3611: Design in the Digital Age

3

None

ARTH 3422: Off the Wall: History of Graphic Arts in Europe and America in the Modern Age

4

None

ARTH 5454: Design Reform in the Era of Art Nouveau

3

None

BIE 3111: Exploring Technology Systems

3

None

COMM 3201: Introduction to Electronic Media Production

4

None

COMM 3204:Advanced Electronic Media Production

4

COMM 3201

COMM 3211: Introduction to U.S. Electronic Media

3

None

COMM 4231: Comparing Electronic Media Systems, IP

3

COMM 3211 or instructor permission

COMM 4291: New Telecommunication Media

3

COMM 3211 or inst. permission

CSCI 1001:  Overview of Computer Science

4

None

CSCI 1103:  Introduction to Computer Programming in Java   

4

None

CSCI 1113:  Introduction to C/C++ Programming for Scientists and Engineers     

4

Math 1271 or 1371

CSCI  1901:  Structure of Computer Programming I

4

MATH 1371 or equiv or #

CSCI 2011:  Discrete Structures of Computer Science                       

4

MATH 1271 or MATH 1371 or #

CSCI 3921W:  Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing

3

At least soph or #

DESI 3010: Travels in Typography

3

None

DESI 4001: Design Minor Seminar 

4

Design minors

DHA 1101W: Introduction to Design Thinking, OH, WI

4

None

DHA 1315: Foundations: The Graphic  Studio

4

Instructor permission

DHA 2101: Design and Visual Presentation

3

Non-design major

DHA 4131W: History of Visual Communication, HP, WI

4

Intro history or art history course

GEOG 3561: Principles of Geographic Information Science

4

Jr or Sr

HSCI 3331: Technology and American Culture

3

None

HSCI 3401:  Ethics in Science and Technology           

3

None

HSCI 3714:  Technology and Civilization: Stone Tools to Steam Engines

4

None

HSCI 3715:  Technology and Civilization: Waterwheels to the Web

4

None

HSCI 4321:  History of Computing

3

None

HUMF 5001: Foundations of Human Factors/Ergonomics

3

None

JOUR 3006: Visual Communication

3

Instructor permission

JOUR 3614: History of Media Communication, HP

3

Non-Journalism major

JOUR 4272: Interactive Advertising

3

Non-Journalism major

JOUR 4551: New Media Culture

3

Non-Journalism major

KIN 3505:   Intro to Human-Centered Design

3

None

PHIL 4615: Minds, Bodies, and Machines

3

One course in Philosophy

UC 3201:Web Designer Introduction

4

None