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Catalog 2022 — Indefinite    
For Academic Program: BA English

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The Professional Writing Emphasis prepares students to apply critical thinking and writing skills to a variety of professional writing settings in which clear, cohesive writing is a necessity. Students will read and write a wide range of texts in both print and digital media necessary for jobs across a spectrum of professions. To gain experience writing for the marketplace, students in this emphasis will complete an internship with a professional organization such as public relations firms, educational institutions, business, and media.



Emphasis Requirements

REQUIRED CORE AND COGNATE COURSES (29 Total Credits)
  • Complete the B.A. English Core and Cognate requirements.
  • Minimum 29 credits
REQUIRED COURSES (21 Total Credits)
  • Course(s):
    • ENGL212 - Introduction to Editing (3)
    • ENGL320 - Rhetoric: The Performance of Argument (3)
  • Select 3 credit(s):
    • ENGL491 - English Practicum (0 - 3)
    • ENGL493 - English Internship (0 - 3)
  • Select 3 credit(s):
    • ENGL220 - Creative Writing: Tools of the Craft (IN-10) (3)
    • ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
    • ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
    • ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
  • Select 3 credit(s):
    • ENGL420 - Technical and Professional Writing (3)
    • ENGL465 - Topics in English (1 - 3)
    • JOUR313 - Publication Editing (3)
  • Select ELIT (English Literature), ENGL (English) Electives (6 credits)
REQUIRED COGNATES (4 Total Credits)
  • Course(s):
    • ARTG115 - Introduction to Graphic Design (3)
    • BUAD412 - Preparing to Meet the Firms (1)
MINOR (18 Total Credits)
  • Minimum 18 credits
GENERAL EDUCATION (42 Total Credits)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (0 - 6 Total Credits)
  • Complete at least 0-6 credits in this area
    (Elementary Foreign Language or two years of foreign language in high school.)
ELECTIVES TO = 124 (10 - 4 Total Credits)
  • Complete at least 10-4 credits in this area
Grand Total Credits: 124

Sample Sequence Plan

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