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Apr 24, 2024
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2017-18 College of Liberal Arts [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Writing, Professional Writing Concentration Minor
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Meet the Faculty
The Department of English curriculum offers a flexible and challenging set of opportunities that allows all students to experience a wide range of approaches to literature, film, and writing. The goal of the curriculum is to provide a developmental path emphasizing skills that will serve majors beyond graduation. The diversity in our course offerings provides each student the opportunity to create an individualized program that reflects her/his interests and passions.
Students seeking personal enrichment through writing, as well as those seeking skill and versatility in professional arenas, are well served through the minor in writing. In addition to an emphasis on expressive and creative writing, the selection of courses for the writing minor offers training and practice in writing skills and discourse forms found in public, professional, and academic contexts. Students minoring in writing may choose one of two concentrations: creative writing or professional writing.
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Minor Requirements
The concentration in professional writing offers courses for students interested in writing in the public arenas of civic life, the academy, and the professional world. Grounded in rhetorical theory, the courses provide humanistic, critical, and practical study of writing in specific genres, disciplines, and media. Over the last half-century technological developments have provided radical new means of communication and led to significant cultural shifts. More than ever, writers need a critical understanding of the rhetorical processes underlying communication in various media and the problem-solving skills to face continual technological and cultural change. In addition to obtaining a rhetorical understanding of communication, students will gain basic practical knowledge of how new communication technologies work and hone their writing skills through practice in specific genres and disciplines. Successful students will emerge as reflective and articulate writers able to contribute effectively to civic, academic, and professional endeavors in the twenty-first century.
Students seeking a minor in writing with a concentration in professional writing take six (6) courses: three (3) core courses and three (3) electives. In addition, students must submit a writing portfolio to the department in the semester of graduation.
Electives
Three (3) of the courses (below) are required. Two (2) electives must be at the 300- or 400-level. |
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