Writing and Writing Studies Minor

Department: English

The Writing and Writing Studies minor offers students the opportunity to become practiced in various genre of writing (such as creative writing, professional writing and technical writing), to study rhetoric and to study writing itself as a subject of inquiry.

Course Requirements

Required course (3 credits)

Students should complete this course as part of the first six credits completed in the minor.

ENGL 226 - Writing about Writing

Electives (12 credits)

Complete 12 credits, selected from the following:

ENGL 200 - Personal and Public Writing
ENGL 201 - Technical Writing I
ENGL 202 - Business Communication
ENGL 204 - Responding to Writing
ENGL 205 - Supporting Second Language Learners
ENGL 227 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
ENGL 228 - Fiction Writing Workshop
ENGL 229 - Poetry Writing Workshop
ENGL 280 - The Journalistic Essay
ENGL 301 - Writing and the Teaching of Writing
ENGL 302 - Technical Writing II
ENGL 303 - Writing Our Heritages
ENGL 308 - History of Rhetoric
ENGL 323 - Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 324 - Language and Society
ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric
ENGL 347 - Queer Rhetorics
ENGL 371 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
ENGL 372 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
ENGL 374 - Grant Writing
ENGL 389 - Topics in Writing
ENGL 390 - Theories of Writing
ENGL 392 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
Note: Students may apply up to six credits of the following courses towards the minor if their faculty advisor determines that the content is related enough to Writing and/or Writing Studies.
ENGL 498 - Internship in English
ENGL 499 - Directed Study in English

Capstone (3 credits)

Complete one of the following after 12 of the 18 credits in the minor are completed:

Academic Catalog

Writing and Writing Studies Minor

Course Requirements

Required course (3 credits)

Electives (12 credits)

Capstone (3 credits)

Total minimum credits: 18