2024-2025 Catalog

Public and Professional Writing Minor

Public and Professional Writing Minor Requirements: 5 courses, 20 credits

Core Requirements (3 courses, 12 credits)

Choose three of the following:

ENG-312English Grammar and Usage

4

ENG-376Literary Publishing

4

ENG-377Writing for Digital Media

4

ENG-390Writing Process and Revision

4

ENG-391Research and Writing

4

ENG-395Rhetoric and Memoir

4

ENG-396Varieties of Workplace Writing

4

Elective (1 course, 4 credits)

Students must take the following:

-Choose one 4-credit ENG course at the 200-level or higher

4

Elective (1 course, 4 credits)

Choose one of the following:

ADPR-289Social Media

4

ADPR-359Advertising III: Ad Copy and Design

4

ADPR-409Content Management

4

ADPR-435Advocacy and Public Policy

4

CJN-317Copy Editing

4

CJN-363Digital Nonfiction Storytelling

4

CJN-415Review Writing

4

HST-241Narrating the Past With Digital History

4

POLS-345Public Policy Writing

4

-Choose one 4-credit ENG course at the 100-level or higher

4

Residency Requirement Policy: In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course (8 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course (16 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.

Minor Programs Policy: A student declaring a minor may use no more than two courses from a major or double major combination to fulfill the requirements for the minor. No more than one course from one minor may count toward the fulfillment of a second minor. Students may not minor in a subject in which they are also completing a major. For more information, see the Minor Programs section of the CAS Degree Requirements page.

About the Public and Professional Writing Minor

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