2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog
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Writing Minor |
The Writing Minor, a curriculum that rounds out virtually any major, accommodates students with diverse career goals and writing interests. Students can choose six three-credit courses, including those about the history of the English language, theories about writing and peer tutoring of writing, professional and journalistic writing, and creative writing across four genres—fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, and creative non-fiction essay writing. Students even may pursue studying select professional and creative genres at a more advanced level, or they may complete a Cooperative education experience in a corporate or professional work environment.
Increasingly, the ability to write effectively is emphasized as an important and distinguishing characteristic of most work environments. In the most recent Occupational Outlook Handbook Online (11 July 2012), competence in writing, combined with advanced ability to manage text production through digital media, is emphasized. To develop such valuable digital literacies, students also may supplement these 18 credits for the Writing minor with courses, such as web design and desktop publishing.
Learning Outcomes for the Writing Minor Upon successful completion of requirements for the Writing Minor, students will:
- Produce clear and effective written texts to achieve specified aims, such as to inform or to entertain a specific reader
- Demonstrate in written texts a facility with language and genres, including a mature vocabulary and effective choice for structures
- Engage in editing processes to improve style, grammar, usage, and mechanics
- Prepare written texts as manuscripts that adhere to professional or publication standards.
1. Creative Writing
- ENG 274 Creative Writing: Fiction 3 Credits
- ENG 275 Creative Writing: Poetry 3 Credits
- ENG 276 Creative Writing: Scriptwriting for Theater and the Electronic Media 3 Credits
- ENG 277 Creative Nonfiction Essay Writing 3 Credits
- ENG 326 Special Topics in English Credit Varies
- ENG 426 Special Topics in English Credit Varies
- ENG 480 Independent Study Project (ISP) Credit Varies
2. Expository and Argument Writing
- ENG 358 Writing: Process and Product 3 Credits
- ENG 455 Advanced Analytical Writing 3 Credits
3. Professional and Journalistic Writing
- CA 315 Writing for the Professions 3 Credits
- JRN 260 News Writing and Reporting 3 Credits
- JRN 261 Reporting for New Media 3 Credits
- JRN 350 Feature Writing 3 Credits
- JRN 355 Editing and Design 3 Credits
- ENG 394-396 Cooperative Education Credit Varies
- ENG 494-496 Cooperative Education Credit Varies
4. English Language History and Peer Tutoring of Writing
- ENG 235 Peer Tutoring of Writing 3 Credits
- ENG 405 The English Language 3 Credits