Minor in Professional Writing

The Minor in Professional Writing prepares you to be a critical thinker, careful researcher, and a creative and capable writer who can respond effectively to contemporary writing tasks and opportunities. You will receive advanced instruction in rhetoric, editing, technologies of writing, workshop critique, and the production of workplace, academic, and creative texts.

This minor provides a credential in writing, which is a desirable supplement to a variety of undergraduate majors.

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Program Snapshot
Select four of the following (12 Credit Hours)

LING 3760: World Englishes

FILM 3105: Introduction to Screenwriting

FILM 3125: Introduction to TV Writing

FILM 4105: Advanced Screenwriting

FILM 4125: Advanced TV Writing

WRIT 3000: Introduction to Creative Writing Genres

WRIT 3100: Poetry Writing

WRIT 3109: Careers in Writing

WRIT 3110: Playwriting

WRIT 3111: Professional Editing
WRIT 3120: Fiction Writing

WRIT 3125: Interactive Narrative & Games

WRIT 3130: Literary Nonfiction

WRIT 3140: Writing in the Workplace

WRIT 3150: Topics in Digital Rhetoric

WRIT 3151: Digital Storytelling

WRIT 3152: Digital Community Engagement

WRIT 3160: Argumentative Writing

WRIT 3170: Environmental Writing and Literature

WRIT 3210: Graphic Storytelling

WRIT 3810: Research Methods for Writers

WRIT 3650: Introduction to Literacy Studies

Any 4000-level WRIT course
Note:
A fifth course will be selected from the student鈥檚 Area F requirements in consultation with the advisor for the professional writing minor.
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