For Academic Program: BA English
About
The Professional/Writing Concentration 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 concentration will complete an internship with a professional organization such as public relations firms, educational institutions, business, and media.
Emphasis Requirements
REQUIRED CORE COURSES (17 Total Credits)- Complete the B.A. English Core requirements.
- Minimum 17 credits
REQUIRED COURSES (24 Total Credits)- Course(s):
- ENGL313 - Expository Writing (W) (3)
- ENGL320 - Rhetoric: The Performance of Argument (3)
- ENGL420 - Technical and Professional Writing (3)
- Select 1 course(s):
- ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
- ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
- ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
- Select 3 credit(s):
- ENGL491 - English Practicum (0 - 3)
- ENGL493 - English Internship (0 - 3)
- Select 3 credit(s):
- ELIT323 - A Destiny in Reserve: American Classics of the Nineteenth Century (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT337 - A Beautiful Empire: British Classics of the Nineteenth Century (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT338 - Modernist Writers (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT342 - African American Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT444 - Restoration, Revolution, and Reason: British Classics of the Eighteenth Century (1660-1800) (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT346 - Shakespeare (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT450 - You, Me, We: Identity, Society, Culture, and Politics in Contemporary Literature (W) (3)
- Select 6 credit(s):
- ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
- ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
- ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
- ENGL414 - Mapping the Publication Maze (3)
- JOUR313 - Publication Editing (3)
- JOUR316 - Magazine and Feature Article Writing (W) (3)
- JOUR356 - Investigative Reporting (W) (3)
- ARTG115 - Introduction to Graphic Design (3)
REQUIRED COGNATES (7 Total Credits)- Course(s):
- BUAD412 - Preparing to Meet the Firms (1)
- JOUR105 - Writing for the Media (3)
- JOUR205 - News Reporting (3)
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 (16 - 10 Total Credits)- Complete at least 16-10 credits in this area
Grand Total Credits: 124