Professional Writing, Minor

Location(s): Online, California-Blended, Clarion-Blended, Edinboro-Blended

The minor in Professional Writing helps majors from across the University build a broad and deep skill set necessary for effective writing in a variety of contexts, and it teaches them how to design and tailor their writing to meet the needs of their intended readers. The minor’s flexible, practical curriculum will help students stand out amongst peers in their disciplines, provide them with marketable skills and opportunities in increasingly competitive arenas where thoughtful, articulate writing is in-demand.

Student Learning Outcomes

Critically read, analyze, and critique “mentor” texts in various genres and fields in order to understand what makes them rhetorically successful.
Make appropriate choices regarding style, structure, and mechanics in order to produce compelling, rhetorically successful prose in a variety of genre(s) that responds appropriately to audience, purpose, and context.
Prepare for future personal and professional writing contexts by producing revised, polished documents that can be used in a portfolio.

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

2000-Level Courses, 9 Credits Required - Select Three From:

ENGL 2200 - Reading and Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2205 - Writing in the Genres Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2210 - Writing in the Health and Human Services Professions Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2220 - Writing for the Community Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2230 - Writing and the Natural Sciences Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2240 - Writing and the Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2250 - Visual Rhetoric, Writing, and Design Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2260 - Writing Argument and Persuasion Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2270 - Digital Storytelling Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2280 - Writing for Business Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 2610 - Traditional Grammar Credit Hours: 3

3000-Level Courses, 9 Credits Required - Select Three From:

ENGL 3200 - Advanced Topics in Writing Studies Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3210 - Studies in Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3220 - Grant and Proposal Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3230 - Technical Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3240 - Workplace Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 3250 - Research Writing Credit Hours: 3