Associate in Arts, DTA - Interdisciplinary Writing Specialization
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Students are required to take this class in their first or second quarter at TCC.
Exemptions:
Students who have completed 30 or more credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher at TCC before beginning a degree that requires College 101.
Students who transfer in 30 or more credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Students who have an Associate or Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
Students who have a Bachelor’s degree from another country.
Students who have successfully completed an equivalent success course at another institution.
Students who have successfully completed HD 101 (prior to Fall 2022), FRSH 100 or ABE 019 at TCC.
Students who are granted an exemption from COL 101 will need to complete additional college level elective credits to complete the required 90 credits for the degree.
Interdisciplinary Writing Studies Specialization Core Courses
Students looking to strengthen their reading and writing skills, and to increase their success in ENGL&101 are encouraged to enroll concurrently in course : Tools for Reading and Writing. This course may be applied as a college-level elective towards degree requirements.
Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines (two different prefix areas).
No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline
No more than 5 credits in world language at the 100 level.
No more than 5 credits in performance/skill (P/S) courses may be used to satisfy this requirement
5 credits must come from a discipline other than Communication Studies (CMST/CMST&)
• Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines
• No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline
Interdisciplinary Writing Studies Specialization Core Courses
Courses must be selected from at least two disciplines.
Must include at least 10 credits from the courses listed as Biological, Earth, and Physical Sciences on the Natural Sciences Distribution Course List.
No more than 10 credits allowed from any one discipline
Must include at least one laboratory course
No more than 5 credits allowed from a MATH prefixed course
Any college-level courses numbered 100 or above.
No more than 3.0 PE activity credits may be applied toward the degree.
Recommended Courses:
course - Trillium Production Workshop
course - Una Voce Workshop
course - Introduction to Research
course - Research for Writing in the Disciplines
course - Writing Center Tutor Practicum I
course - Writing Center Tutor Practicum II
course - Writing Center Tutor Practicum III
A single course may be used to satisfy the multicultural requirement, one specialization requirement, and one distribution requirement. Please consult the listings under each distribution area requirement to identify courses that fulfill both criteria.
For the Interdisciplinary Writing Specialization, students may apply a single Multicultural-designated course from the Communication Skills, Social Sciences, or Humanities Distribution to fulfill up to three requirements simultaneously - multicultural requirement, one specialization requirement, and one distribution requirement.
This overlap does not reduce the total degree requirement of 90 quarter credits.
Recommended Courses:
course - Introduction to Sociology (Interdisciplinary Writing Specialization Specialization Core Course, Social Sciences Distribution & Multicultural Course)
course - Intercultural Communication (Interdisciplinary Writing Specialization Specialization Core Course, Communication Skills or Humanities Distribution, & Multicultural Course)