Minor in Writing
About the Minor
Writing gets things done in the world: we write to explore and learn, we write to create and share knowledge, and we write to express ourselves in creative and meaningful ways.
The Writing minor offers students the opportunity to work closely with peers and faculty in small classes to explore ideas and modes of expression that are useful, enriching, and enjoyable. Students gain a foundation of advanced writing knowledge, explore a wide range of writing practices and contexts, and develop flexible and widely useful writing skills.
Admissions Requirements
Students are required to declare a major before declaring a minor. Students admitted directly into a specific major at the time of matriculation may declare a minor beginning in their second semester. All requirements for the minor must be completed either concurrently with or prior to the completion of the primary major requirements. This ensures that students fulfill the expectations of their primary field of study while completing any additional areas of academic specialization.
Minor Requirements
| Writing Foundations | ||
| Select two (2) from the following: | 6.0 | |
| Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies | ||
or WRIT 2600 | Language Puzzles and Word Games: Issues in Modern Grammar | |
| Introduction to Creative Writing | ||
or WRIT 3000 | Compositon, Creativity, and Style | |
or WRIT 3020 | The Peer Reader in Context | |
| Writing Practices and Contexts | ||
| Select three (3) from the following, at least two of which are WRIT: | 9.0 | |
| Newsmaking and News | ||
| Design Elements in Public Relations | ||
| Business Communication in an AI Context | ||
| Technical Communication | ||
| Grant Writing | ||
| Scientific Communication | ||
| Introduction to Digital Humanities | ||
| Literature of Business | ||
| Gender, Feminism, and the Body | ||
| Foundational Storytelling | ||
| Foundational Screenwriting | ||
| Foundational Playwriting | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing 1 | ||
| Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies 1 | ||
| Language Puzzles and Word Games: Issues in Modern Grammar 1 | ||
| Compositon, Creativity, and Style 1 | ||
| The Peer Reader in Context 1 | ||
| Topics in Professional Practices of Writing | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing the Novel | ||
| Creative Nonfictions | ||
| Writing Humor and Comedy | ||
| Writing in Public Spaces | ||
| Introduction to Rhetorical Theory | ||
| Machine Texts: Writing for and about AI | ||
| Writing and Cyberspace: For/About the Web | ||
| Writing about Culture and Media | ||
| Writing about Science, the Environment, and Technology | ||
| Writing and the Brain | ||
| Writers Room Experience | ||
| Writing as Social Change | ||
| Internship in Publishing | ||
| Total Credits | 15.0 | |
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Cannot count for both the Writing Foundations requirement and the Writing Practices and Contexts requirement.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, please contact the College of Arts and Sciences