Writing minor requirements

The minor will require students to take a total of 18 credit hours.

The minor will give students a well-rounded education in creative, academic and professional and journalistic writing. At the same time, the minor will allow students to specialize and develop an area of expertise. Students will be required to take a total of 18 credits from the following:

  • Three credit hours of literature (outside of General Education upper-division credit hours)
  • Nine credits hours; one course from each of three categories below (of which three hours must be lower division)
  • Six upper division credit  hours; any two courses from the three categories below
Creative writing  
WRT292 Creative writing
WRT405 Advanced creative writing
WRT302 Play writing
WRT402 Play writing II
Professional and academic writing  
WRT306 Professional and academic writing skills
WRT433 Teaching composition
WRT320 Ethics in writing
WRT390 Internship
Journalism  
WRT299 Introduction to journalism
WRT302 Advanced journalism
WRT303 Digital journalism

 

Please refer to the academic catalog for program requirements.

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