Course Clusters

Students can choose to group courses that are related to each other in order to create some specialization and depth in writing for specific purposes and audiences. Here are sample clusters:

Writing to Support Scientific Research

• ENGCMP 0440 - CRITICAL WRITING  
• ENGCMP 0600 - INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING  
• ENGCMP 0530 - WRITING FOR THE SCIENCES  
• ENGCMP 0535 - WRITING IN THE HEALTH SCIENCE PROFESSIONS  
• ENGCMP 1101 - LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  
• ENGCMP 1400 - GRANT WRITING  
• ENGCMP 1102 - LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE  

Advertising and PR Writing

• ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION  
• ENGCMP 1112 - PROFESSIONAL USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA  
• ENGCMP 0515 - PERSAUSIVE WRITING IN ADVERTISING  
• ENGCMP 0520 - INTEGRATING WRITING AND DESIGN  
• ENGCMP 1103 - PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING  

Writing for Government

• ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION  
• ENGCMP 0410 - WRITING IN THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS  
• ENGCMP 0560 - WRITING ARGUMENTS  
• ENGCMP 1112 - PROFESSIONAL USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA  
• ENGCMP 1400 - GRANT WRITING  

Writing for Nonprofits

(While it doesn’t count toward the major, consider ENGCMP 0208 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: SERVICE-LEARNING  for your first-year composition course.)

• ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION  
• ENGCMP 0641 - WRITING FOR CHANGE  
• ENGCMP 0515 - PERSAUSIVE WRITING IN ADVERTISING  
• ENGCMP 1400 - GRANT WRITING  
• ENGCMP 1112 - PROFESSIONAL USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA  

Teaching and Composition Studies

(While it doesn’t count toward the major, consider ENGCMP 0207 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: EDUCATION  course.)

• ENGCMP 0620 - THEORIES OF WRITING AND TEACHING  
• ENGCMP 1210 - TUTORING PEER WRITERS  
• ENGCMP 1510 - WRITING WITH STYLE  
• ENGCMP 1551 - HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE  
• ENGCMP 1552 - LANGUAGE, LITERACY, LEARNING  
• ENGCMP 1901 - UTA IN TEACHING AND TUTORING WRITING  

Preparing for Law School

• ENGCMP 0410 - WRITING IN THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS  
• ENGCMP 0560 - WRITING ARGUMENTS  
• ENGCMP 1510 - WRITING WITH STYLE  

Writing for Business

• ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION  
• ENGCMP 1104 - CORPORATE STORYTELLING  
• ENGCMP 1112 - PROFESSIONAL USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA  
• ENGCMP 1100 - LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY  

Public Engagement

(While it doesn’t count toward the major, consider ENGCMP 0208 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: SERVICE-LEARNING  for your first-year composition course.)

• ENGCMP 0420 - WRITING FOR THE PUBLIC  
• ENGCMP 0641 - WRITING FOR CHANGE  
• ENGCMP 1551 - HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE  
• ENGCMP 1552 - LANGUAGE, LITERACY, LEARNING  

Composing Digital Media

• ENGCMP 0520 - INTEGRATING WRITING AND DESIGN  
• ENGCMP 0425 - DIGITAL HUMANITY  
• ENGCMP 0610 - COMPOSING DIGITAL MEDIA  
• ENGCMP 1112 - PROFESSIONAL USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA  

Publishing

• ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION  
• ENGCMP 1220 - THE ART OF THE ESSAY  
• ENGCMP 1510 - WRITING WITH STYLE  
• ENGCMP 0520 - INTEGRATING WRITING AND DESIGN  
• ENGCMP 1151 - PROFESSIONAL EDITING IN CONTEXT  

Preparing for Graduate School

• ENGCMP 0440 - CRITICAL WRITING  
• ENGCMP 0450 - RESEARCH WRITING  
• ENGCMP 1220 - THE ART OF THE ESSAY  
• ENGCMP 1510 - WRITING WITH STYLE