The Professional Writing Minor

This minor prepares students from various majors to enter the worlds of industry, business, and science with a strong foundation in writing. Courses taken for this minor may not be applied towards the English major.

Required course:
ENGL 1100 ____ Technical writing (3 credit hours)

Electives: Students choose five courses (15 hours) from the courses listed below.

ENGL 3200   ____ Expository Writing (3)
ENGL 3500   ____ Advanced Technical Writing (3)
ENGL 3510   ____ Technical Report Writing (3)
ENGL 3600   ____ Professional Writing and Editing (3)
ENGL 3700   ____ Business Writing (3)
ENGL 4200   ____ Writing Workshop: Non-Fiction (3)
ENGL 4500   ____ Technical Writing Theory and Research

ENGL 4610 ____ Professional Writing Internship (3)                 

COMM 3100 ____ Desktop Publishing  (3)
COMM 4150 ____ Feature Writing (3)

Students may also apply one course from another writing minor (i.e. ENGL 2200) to the professional writing minor.

Course Number and Title: ______________________ (3)
        
Total hours (18 required)  _____

You can download this ProfessionalWritingChecklist.pdf to fill out.