Oct 12, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Professional Writing, Minor in


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A minor in Professional Writing offers students experience in the types of writing required in the workplace. Courses focus on critical thinking, technical writing, visual rhetoric, usability, collaboration, and composing in multiple media formats. The minor complements coursework in various majors and prepares students for careers that value clear and effective written communication skills. Additionally, students with a minor in Professional Writing will be well-equipped for graduate or professional study in fields such as business, law, engineering, health, and education. This minor is not available to Writing Studies majors or students enrolled in other Writing Studies minors. 

Program Requirements: 18 s.h.


A minor in Professional Writing consists of the successful completion of 18 s.h. with at least 9 s.h. in-residence. All Professional Writing minors must register with the department; courses are taken after consultation with an advisor. No more than 9 s.h. can be used to satisfy both the minor requirements in Professional Writing and those for any other major or minor. All students will take a minimum of 18 s.h. chosen from the following three areas:

Area 1: Required: 3 s.h.


Area 3: Composition and Rhetoric: 6 s.h.


Chosen from:

Note:


Writing Studies and Composition FYC seminars (014F and 014S courses) may also count towards fulfilling the minor requirement in Writing Studies and Rhetoric. These seminars will be assigned to one of the above categories based on their topics of concern.

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