Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Core Courses		21
CRD 701	History and Theory of Media Technologies
CRD 702	Rhetoric and Digital Media
CRD 703	Communication Networks
CRD 704	Communication, Technologies, and Pedagogy
CRD 790	Scholarly and Professional Paths in Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research
Select one of the following:
COM 541	Quantitative Research Methods in Applied Communication
COM 543	Visual Content Analysis
ENG 508	Usability Studies for Technical Communication
ENG 513	Empirical Research In Composition
COM 581	Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism
ENG 543	Introduction to Digital Humanities 1
Select one of the following:
COM/ENG 506	Verbal Data Analysis
COM/ENG 516	Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice
COM 540	Critical and Interpretive Inquiry in Communication
COM 542	Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Communication
COM 543	Visual Content Analysis
ENG 527	Discourse Analysis
ENG 532	Narrative Analysis
ENG 587	Interdisciplinary Studies in English
ENG 513	Empirical Research In Composition (Methods and Theories in Media studies)
Elective Courses		12
Select an elective focus approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Additional Courses		19
"Additional Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours
CRD 809	Colloquium in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
COM 585	Teaching College Communication
ENG 511	Theory and Research In Composition
CRD 885	Doctoral Supervised Teaching
Dissertation and Exam courses		20
Select 20 credit hours of Exams and Dissertation courses of the following:
CRD 895	Doctoral Dissertation Research
CRD 893	Doctoral Supervised Research 2
CRD 899	Doctoral Dissertation Preparation
ENG/COM 810	Directed Readings in English Studies
Total Hours		72

¹

ENG 543 Introduction to Digital Humanities is Interdisciplinary Studies in English. Not all topics will fulfill a methods course.

²

Minimum 6/20 credits

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