English Professional Writing Minor
Degree Requirements
If a minor is required in your degree program, at least 9 (lower and/or upper-division) hours of courses in the minor must be completed at the University.
Minor in Professional Writing
The minor in English: Professional Writing provides students with the conceptual foundations and hands-on practice necessary for communicating and writing proficiently in technical and professional contexts. The minor is intended to prepare students for producing the forms of writing they will encounter in the workplace (feasibility studies, technical reports, business letters, and grants, for example), and to provide a broad understanding of the rhetorical dimensions of written communication, especially nonacademic texts.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| EH 372 | Technical Writing - W | 3 |
| or EH 373 | Writing in Professions - W | |
| EH 402 | Rhetoric-Ancient and Modern-W | 3 |
| EH 481 | Comp and Rhetoric - W | 3 |
| Other Courses | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Approaches to Eng Grammar - W | ||
| Technical Writing - W 1 | ||
| Writing in Professions - W 1 | ||
| Teaching Composition-W | ||
| Grant Proposal Writing | ||
| Editing and Document Design | ||
| Professional Studies - Intern 2 | ||
| Additional English Courses | ||
| Select three additional English courses including but not limited to courses in the second section above | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
- 1
Students can take either or both of these two courses.
- 2
EH 496 is 1-2 credits per semester; students must take 3 credits to complete the required hours.