Writing is a critical skill in all fields and professions. The Interdisciplinary Writing Certificate Program gives undergraduate students from all colleges and majors at the University of Georgia an opportunity to develop and document their writing skills as they progress through their academic careers. Their writing skills will be developed in the context of their particular disciplines and be documented in a published ePortfolio that presents and reflects on the students’ writing projects and experiences. The writing done for the program will form a record of the students’ critical thinking, research, and communication skills, and highlight their understanding of conventions of writing within their chosen fields. The certificate will provide, through the ePortfolio, evidence of students’ written communication skills.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Davis, Coordinator 342 Park Hall eadavis@uga.edu https://write.uga.edu/programs/wcp/
19 hours
Students must have completed their first-year Writing requirement (ENGL 1101 and 1102) with a grade of C or better (or have received credit for these courses through alternate means). Students must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher and complete an application for admission.
| ENGL 4834 | Electronic Writing Portfolio Workshop | 1 |
Choose 18 credit hour(s) from the following:
| ADPR 3110 | Brand Storytelling | 3 |
| ADPR 3520 | Graphic Communications | 3 |
| ADPR 3550 | Social Media Content and Production | 3 |
| ADPR 5120 | Crisis Communication | 3 |
| ADPR 5130 | Sports Communication | 3 |
| ADPR 5520 | Advanced Graphics of Communication | 3 |
| ADPR 5920 | Public Relations Communications | 3 |
| AGCM 3400W | Writing for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| ANTH(CMLT) 4235W/6235W | Writing Bali | 3 |
| BIOE 2100W | The Bioengineering Professional Persona | 3 |
| BIOL 1103L | Concepts in Biology Laboratory | 1 |
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BIOL 1104L
Analytical Thinking
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Organismal Biology Laboratory | 1 |
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BIOL 1107L
Analytical Thinking
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Principles of Biology I Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 1108L | Principles of Biology II Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 2107L | Principles of Biology I Laboratory (Honors) | 1 |
| BIOL 2108L | Principles of Biology II Laboratory (Honors) | 1 |
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BIOL 4200W
Communication
Critical Thinking
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Science and Health Writing | 3 |
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BIOL 4300W/6300W
Communication
Critical Thinking
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Scientific Research Writing | 3 |
| CLAS 4040W | The Hellenistic World | 3 |
| CLAS 4210W | Ancient Tragedy | 3 |
| CLAS 4230W | Classical Rhetoric | 3 |
| CLAS 4300W | Selected Topics in Ancient Civilization | 3 |
| CLAS 4340W | Ancient Athens | 3 |
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CLAS 4360W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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An Introduction to Ancient Daily Life | 3 |
| CMLT 3060W | Professional Translation and Technical Writing in the Digital Age | 3 |
| COMM 3200 | Business and Professional Communication | 3 |
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COMM 3300W
Communication
Critical Thinking
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Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism | 3 |
| COMM 4110/6110 | Speech Composition | 3 |
| ECON 5900 | Senior Thesis | 2 |
| EMST 3110 | Writing for Entertainment Media | 3 |
| EMST 4110/6110 | Screenwriting | 3 |
| EMST 4130/6130 | Writing for Television | 3 |
| ENGL 2310W | English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700 | 3 |
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ENGL 3530W
Analytical Thinking
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Victorian Studies | 3 |
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ENGL 3590W
Communication
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Technical and Professional Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 3600W | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| ENGL 3700W | Introduction to Writing in the Disciplines | 3 |
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ENGL 3800W
Communication
Creativity & Innovation
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Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3801W | Intermediate Creative Writing: Topics | 3 |
| ENGL 3850S | Writing and Community | 3 |
| ENGL 3851S | Writing for Social Justice: The Prison Writing Project | 3 |
| ENGL 3860W | Science Writing for General Audiences | 3 |
| ENGL 4230W | Medieval Literature, 1350-1500 | 3 |
| ENGL 4240W | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENGL 4300W | Elizabethan Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 4320W | Shakespeare I: Selected Works | 3 |
| ENGL 4330W | Shakespeare II: Special Topics | 3 |
| ENGL 4332W | Shakespeare and Media | 3 |
| ENGL 4390W | Topics in Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4520W | The Nineteenth-Century British Novel | 3 |
| ENGL 4525W | Charles Dickens | 3 |
| ENGL 4800W | Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 4801W | Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 4802W | Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 4803W | Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 4804W | Topics in Advanced Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL(LING) 4826 | Style: Language, Genre, Cognition | 3 |
| ENGL 4830W | Advanced Studies in Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4831W | Advanced Studies in Writing: The Critical Essay | 3 |
| ENGL 4832W | Writing for the World Wide Web | 3 |
| ENGL 4833W | Composition Theory and Pedagogy | 3 |
| ENGL 4836W/6836W | Writing about Health and Medicine | 3 |
| ENGL 4837E | Digital Storytelling | 3 |
| ENGL(AFAM) 4882W | Black Film Matters: Studies in African American Film | 3 |
| ENGL(AFAM) 4883W | From Be-Bop to Hip-Hop: Essential Voices in Modern Black Music | 3 |
| ENGL(AFAM) 4884 | Contemporary African American Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4995W | Advanced Seminar | 3 |
| FANR 3200W | Ecology of Natural Resources | 3 |
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FANR 4271W/6271W
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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People, Planet, and Profit | 1-9 |
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FANR 4800W/6800W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Renewable Resources Policy | 2 |
| FANR 4990R | Senior Thesis in Natural Resources | 1-6 |
| GENE(ECOL) 4020W/6020W | Biotic Responses to Climate Change in the Ocean | 3 |
| GEOL 4020W | Internal Earth Processes | 3 |
| HDFS 4880W/6880W | Family Life Education Methodology | 3 |
| HDFS 5100W/7100W | Prevention and Intervention in Human Development and Family Science | 3 |
| HDFS 5110W | Research Methods in Human Development and Family Science | 3 |
| HIST 4445W | A Global History of Drugs | 3 |
| HONS(CMLT) 3010H | Honors Research Methods | 1-3 |
| HONS(PSYC) 3040H | Honors Research Methods | 1-3 |
| HONS(GEOL) 3070H | Honors Research Methods | 1-3 |
| HPRB 5410W | Professional Writing for Health Promotion | 3 |
| JOUR 3190 | Reporting II: Research, Data, and Documents for Reporting | 3 |
| JOUR 4090 | Reporting III: Storytelling Across Platforms | 3 |
| JOUR 5190/7190 | Feature Writing | 3 |
| JOUR 5570/7570 | Travel Journalism | 3 |
| JOUR 5590/7590 | Critical Writing | 3 |
| JOUR 5990 | Seminar in Journalism | 3 |
| LATN 1001W | Elementary Latin I | 4 |
| LATN 1002W | Elementary Latin II | 4 |
| LATN 3010W | Vergil's Aeneid | 3 |
| LATN 4220W | Ovid | 3 |
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LING 3150W
Analytical Thinking
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Generative Syntax | 3 |
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LING 3160W
Analytical Thinking
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Advanced Generative Syntax | 3 |
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POLS(SOCI) 3700W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Research Methods in Criminal Justice | 3 |
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SOCI 3000W
Communication
Critical Thinking
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Sociology in Film | 3 |
| SOCI 3060W | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| SOCI 3220W | Development of Sociological Theory | 3 |
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SOCI 3810W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Criminology | 3 |
| SOCI 3820W | Communities and Crime | 3 |
| SOCI 3900W | Sociology of the American South | 3 |
| SOCI(WMST)(LACS) 4280W | Global Perspectives on Gender | 3 |
| SOCI 4740W | Gender and Interaction | 3 |
| SOCI 4800W | Sociology of Morality | 3 |
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SOCI 4830W
Analytical Thinking
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Sociology of Law | 3 |
| SPAN 4003W | Medical Spanish | 3 |
| SPTM 3850 | Introduction to Sports Reporting and Writing | 3 |
| SPTM 4800 | Multiplatform Storytelling for Sports | 3 |
| SPTM 5800 | Sports Enterprise Reporting and Writing | 3 |
| STAT 5010W | Statistical Capstone Course I | 3 |
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STAT 5020W
Analytical Thinking
Communication
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Statistical Capstone Course II | 3 |
| THEA 3020 | Basic Dramatic Writing | 3 |
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THEA 4000/6000
Creativity & Innovation
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Intermediate Dramatic Writing: The Short Script | 3 |
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WILD(BIOL) 4740/6740
Critical Thinking
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Animal Behavior | 3 |
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WILD(FISH) 3000W
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Introduction to Fish and Wildlife Management | 2 |
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WMST 2400
Critical Thinking
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Gender, Sexuality, and the Arts: Critical Feminist Readings | 3 |
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WMST 3110W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Gender, Race, Class, Sexuality | 3 |
| WMST(LACS) 3500W | Women in the Caribbean | 3 |
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WMST 4010W
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
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Introduction to Feminist Theories | 3 |
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WMST 4011W
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
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Understanding Research in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| WMST(MUSI) 4310W | Gender and Music Video | 3 |
| WMST 4690W | History of Sexuality | 3 |
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WMST 4900W
Critical Thinking
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Senior Seminar: Integration of Theory and Practice | 3 |
Any prefix course with the course numbers 4960R, 4970R, 4980R, or 4990R can also satisfy this requirement.
The certificate is available to all undergraduate students at the University of Georgia and the coursework that students will take in the program is provided by departments and programs across the range of the University’s academic disciplines. The certificate’s requirements are flexible and adaptable to different courses of study. A total of 19 hours of coursework are required for the certificate: - At least 1 course in writing - Writing intensive courses - Directed study/CURO courses (optional) - A 1 hour e-portfolio workshop Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in courses taken for the WCP credit in order to be awarded the Writing Certificate.
Any course with a W suffix or that is offered through the Franklin College Writing Intensive Program (www.wip.uga.edu) counts as a writing intensive course, as do Honors Research Methods Courses. Courses taken as directed reading or capstone courses that lead to a significant writing project can also be counted for credit toward the Writing Certificate. Other courses may be approved for writing intensive credit if they meet certain criteria. The Coordinator of the WCP can review and approve such courses on a case-by-case basis.