| General Institute Requirements (GIRs) | Subjects |
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [three subjects may be satisfied by subjects in the Departmental Program] | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement | 1 |
| Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree | 17 |
| Communication Requirement | |
| The program includes a Communication Requirement
of 4 subjects: 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M). |
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| PLUS Departmental Program | Units |
| Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics). | |
| Program 1: Creative or Expository Writing | |
| Required Subjects | 18 |
| 21W.ThT Writing and Humanistic Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial, 6 | |
| 21W.ThU Writing and Humanistic Studies Thesis, 12, CI-M; 21W.ThT | |
| Restricted Electives | 108-144 |
| Seven subjects centered on creative or expository writing, of which one is normally introductory (see Tier I of Minor Requirements), two subjects in literature, and three related subjects from a second HASS discipline. One subject must be designated as CI-M: 21W.757, 21W.758, 21W.759, 21W.762, 21W.766J, 21W.770, 21W.771, 21W.776, 21W.777. | |
| Program 2: Science Writing or Technical Communication and New Media Studies | |
| Required Subjects | 66 |
| 21W.777 The Science Essay, 12, HASS, CI-M | |
| 21W.778 Science Journalism, 12, HASS, CI-H | |
| 21W.780 Communicating in Technical Organizations, 12, HASS | |
| 21W.792 Science Writing and Technical Communication Internship, 12, HASS; 21W.780 or 21W.778 | |
| 21W.ThT Writing and Humanistic Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial, 6 | |
| 21W.ThU Writing and Humanistic Studies Thesis, 12, CI-M; 21W.ThT | |
| Restricted Electives | 72-96 |
| Five subjects in writing and related disciplines, of which one is normally introductory (see Tier I of Minor Requirements), and three related subjects in a second HASS discipline. | |
| Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs | (27-36) |
| Unrestricted Electives | |
| Program 1 | 54-81 |
| Program 2 | 54-69 |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | 180 |
| No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both. | |
| Notes | |
| The full major in science writing or technical communication studies may be pursued only as a second degree program in conjunction with another degree program in a field of engineering or science. | |
For an explanation of
credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject
Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin. |
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