Professional Writing Minor
Writing is an important tool for professional employment and academic and personal inquiry. The minor in professional writing allows students to cultivate their knowledge of writing in professional contexts, write for a range of audiences and purposes, and learn techniques for digital storytelling. This interdisciplinary minor complements any major areas of study and offers students the tools they need to develop their own professional writing style.
The writing minor consists of five 3-credit courses, for a total of 15 credits (9 credits of required WRIT classes + 6 credits of electives).
Required Courses (9 credits)
Students in the professional writing minor are required to take the following three (3) core writing courses. These core writing courses will help students hone important writing skills before moving on to specialized coursework in the minor.
- WRIT 3001 Advanced Writing Workshop (Pre-req. = WRIT 1003)
- WRIT 2101 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing (pre-req = WRIT 1002)
- WRIT 2022 Digital Rhetoric and Storytelling (pre-req = WRIT 1002)
Electives (6 credits)
To fulfill the 6-credit electives requirement, students may select any of the courses listed below.
- WRIT 3102 Advanced Grammar & Editing for Professional and Online Writing (pre-req = WRIT 1002)
- WRIT 2103 Digital Writing and Multimedia (pre-req = WRIT 1003)
- LITS 2031 The English Language
- LITS 2030 English Grammar
- WRIT 3102 Advanced Grammar & Editing for Professional and Online Writing (pre-req = WRIT 1002)
- COMM2205 Social Impact of Social Media
- COMM2206 Managing Social Media Accounts
- COMM3208 Ethics of Social Media
- COMM3207 The Business of Influencers
- COMM2102 International Communication
- COMM4205 The Work From Home Revolution
- CREW 1001 Introduction to Creative Writing
- CREW 2002 Creative Writing: Fiction
- CREW 2003 Creative Writing: Poetry
- CREW 2016 Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
- CREW 2250 Screenwriting (Cross-listed with FILM 2250)
- CREW 3010 Special Topics: Invented Worlds — Speculative and Fantastic Fiction
- CREW 3080 Music & Poetry