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Graduation Portfolio Requirements - B. S. in Professional Writing
Each Professional Writing (PW) student is required to submit a mandatory, non-returnable graduation portfolio before the end of the semester in which the student graduates. The contents of the portfolio should demonstrate the student's mastery of these general learning objectives for the PW degree:
- Exhibit excellent visual and written communication skills
- Design information for print
- Design information for media other than print. One of your projects MUST have been created for electronic distribution, for example, a web site or a PowerPoint show. An ordinary document merely saved as a pdf does not count as having been designed for media other than print. For the project created for electronic distribution, submit a CD or disk; hard copy is optional.
- Engage in projects for real clients (e.g., internship, service project)
- Analyze writing situations and adapt standard forms to produce documents of varying complexity
- Work on collaborative as well as individual assignments, incorporating computer technology
- Display problem-solving skills as revealed in writing, editing, and production
- Conduct, evaluate, and report research and provide accurate citations
- Exhibit excellent visual and written communication skills
- Design information for print
- Design information for media other than print. One of your projects MUST have been created for electronic distribution, for example, a web site or a PowerPoint show. An ordinary document merely saved as a pdf does not count as having been designed for media other than print. For the project created for electronic distribution, submit a CD or disk; hard copy is optional.
- Engage in projects for real clients (e.g., internship, service project)
- Analyze writing situations and adapt standard forms to produce documents of varying complexity
- Work on collaborative as well as individual assignments, incorporating computer technology
- Display problem-solving skills as revealed in writing, editing, and production
- Conduct, evaluate, and report research and provide accurate citations
The portfolio should be delivered to Dr. Michelle Moosally, Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Professional Writing, or to Dr. Dahlberg, Chair of English, at the English Dept. Office in 1045-South. For a complete list of requirements for the portfolio, read the portfolio letter 
for Spring - Summer 2012.
Course Registration Announcement
Remember to register for ENG 4099: Professional Writing Portfolio in your graduation semester. This is a no-credit, no-cost, required course UHD uses internally and on your grade record to certify that your required portfolio has been submitted.
Students should provide the following brief explanatory information for each document sample in the portfolio:
- Documentation - Title of the Work
- Generation - Identification of Client or class project
- Purpose - Function of the entry
Portfolio Components
Each portfolio should include the following:
- A suitable binder and title page with the Portfolio title, your full name, and the date of submission (The title page may be part of the binder’s front cover.)
- Your current résumé. Be sure it contains a career objective at the top of the first page.
- A table of contents
- Five to seven projects selected to show a range of skills acquired in your PW course work. These skills should demonstrate one or more of the learning objectives listed above. Editing entries should include the "before" and "after" versions of the project. For collaborative projects, your role in the project should be explained in the cover statement. Poetry and other creative writing sample are not appropriate selections to represent the degree objectives.
- For each project, a separate cover statement or memo indicating the title of the project, the course and semester in which the project was developed, the audience or client for whom the project was developed, and the audience or client need fulfilled by the project. The cover statement should also state the function of the project within the portfolio. For example, a CD or disk holding a Web site you created fulfills the portfolio requirement of demonstrating the learning objective "design information for media other than print."
Portfolio Purpose
Each graduation portfolio will be assessed by the Professional Writing Curriculum Review Committee and/or by the Advisory Board. Reviewers will assess the the portfolios to analyze each student's mastery of the degree learning objective, to determine course effectiveness, and to recommend changes in course curricula to strengthen the value of individual courses and of Professional Writing degree. Preparing the portfolio should aid students in planning their careers and conducting job searches.
Dr. Michelle Moosally
Professional Writing Coordinator
713-221-8254
S1045B
moosallym@uhd.edu
Last updated or reviewed on 3/19/12
