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 18 credits.
Minor Required Courses
| EN 301 | The Writing Process: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EN 308 | Style and Revision | 3 |
Minor Elective Courses
Twelve (12) additional credits from the following courses:
| COMM 209 | Contemporary Journalism | 3 |
| COMM 315 | Writing for Digital Media * | 3 |
| EN 181 | Digital and Nonlinear Storytelling * | 3 |
| EN 182 | The Movie or the Book? Narrative Adaptation in the Cinema * | 3 |
| EN 120 | Approaches to Creative Writing * | 3 |
| EN 211 | Principles of Language | 3 |
| EN 303 | Literary Nonfiction * | 3 |
| EN 305 | Topics in Creative Writing | 3 |
EN 305: may be taken more than once for credit