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Minor in Professional Writing
(18 hours minimum)

The minor in Professional Writing enables students to combine the strength of expertise in their own major with a solid background in the practical communicative arts of business and technical writing. Students practice solving communications problems within their own discipline and in others while developing a portfolio for presentation on the job market.

Required Courses (12 hours)

ENG 3302 Business and Technical Report Writing (3 hours)

ENG 3304 Advanced Business and Technical Report Writing (3 hours)

ENG 3330 Desktop Publishing (3 hours)

ENG 4322 Editing, Rewriting and Copyreading (3 hours)

Upper-Division Electives (6 hours)

Selected in consultation with an advisor from courses in Writing and English Language, including

ENG 3308 Legal Writing (3 hours)

ENG 3318 English Grammar for Writers (3 hours)

ENG 3325 Medical Writing (3 hours)

ENG 3326 Proposal Writing (3 hours)

ENG 3328 Documentation and Manuals (3 hours)

ENG 3329 Environmental Writing (3 hours)

ENG 3332 Newsletters (3 hours)

ENG 3333 Writing for the Media (3 hours)

ENG 3334 Writing for Presentation (3 hours)

ENG 4306 Science Writing (3 hours)

ENG 4323 Feature Writing (3 hours)

ENG 4360 Publications Workshop (3 hours)

COMM 3301 Public Relations (3 hours)

COMM 3303 Introduction to Advertising (3 hours)

Minor in English
(18 hours minimum)

Required Courses (9 hours)

Six hours, both halves of sophomore survey of Western World, American, or British Literature.

Three hours in one of the genre courses (ENG 3311, 3312, or 3313).

Upper-Level Electives (9 hours)