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Writing (Minor)

Writing is a fundamental skill in today's world, and the writing minor helps prepare students for professional careers and/or graduate education in a variety of fields. The minor develops students' persuasive, stylistic, creative, and analytical skills through an examination of the characteristics of successful writing, along with the implementation of successful writing strategies in multiple modes and genres.

The writing minor pairs well with many majors and signals to future employers an ability to construct effective arguments and reports, conduct context-specific research, and work collaboratively.

Minor Requirements

The writing minor requires a total of 15 credits.

Minor Required Courses

EN 301The Writing Process: Theory and Practice

3

Minor Elective Courses

Twelve (12) additional credits from the following courses:

COMM 209Contemporary Journalism

3

COMM 315Writing for Digital Media *

3

EN 181Digital and Nonlinear Storytelling *

3

EN 182The Movie or the Book? Narrative Adaptation in the Cinema *

3

EN 120Approaches to Creative Writing *

3

EN 211Principles of Language

3

EN 303Literary Nonfiction *

3

EN 305Topics in Creative Writing

3

EN 305: may be taken more than once for credit