Professional Writing
Department: English
Core Classes: 30 credits - 18 credits must be at the 300 level or above
| Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| EN 306 |
Essay Writing |
3 |
EN 110 |
H |
CW |
| EN 376 |
Writing on the Web |
3 |
EN 110, Junior or Senior status |
H |
|
In addition, choose two other 3 credit writing classes not used as a Professional Focus Option.
Students can choose from EN 303, Poetry Writing, EN 305, Fiction Writing, EN 271, Medical Writing, EN 272, Business Writing, EN 311, Professional News and Feature Writing, EN 315, Technical Writing, EN 375, Science Writing, EN 415, Advanced Technical Writing. Note: EN 303 and EN 305 cannot both be used to fill this two-course requirement.
Communication Department: 9 credits
| Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| CM 133 |
Mass Media and Society |
3 |
|
H |
CW, CS |
| CM 200 |
Art of Public Speaking |
3
|
|
H |
CW, CS |
| CM 330 |
Media Analysis |
3 |
CM 132 or CM 133 |
H |
CW |
IT Department: 9 credits
| Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| IT 110 |
Principles of IT |
3 |
|
S |
CW |
| IT 260 |
Human Computer Interaction |
3 |
CS 110 |
S |
|
| IT 241 |
Information Visualizaton & Architecture |
3 |
IT 110 or CS 110 |
S |
QS |
Professional Focus Options (choose one of the three options): 6 credits
Science Writing
| Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| EN 271 |
Medical Writing |
3 |
EN 110 |
H |
|
| EN 375 |
Science Writing |
3
|
EN 110, JR or SR status |
H
|
|
Technical Writing
| Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| EN 315 |
Technical Writing |
3
|
|
H |
CW |
| EN 415 |
Advanced Technical Writing |
3
|
EN 110 & EN 315 |
H
|
CW |
Business Writing
| Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| EN 272 |
Business Writing |
3
|
EN 110 |
H |
|
| EN 311 |
Professional News and Feature Writing |
3
|
EN 110 |
H
|
CW |
Practicum: 9 credits
Course Number |
Title |
Credits |
Prerequisites |
Dist. |
Skills |
| EN 281 - 482 |
Juniatian |
4
|
|
H |
|
| EN 490 |
English Internship |
2-9
|
Corequisite EN 495 |
H
|
|
| EN 495 |
English Internship Research |
2-6 |
Corequisite EN 490 |
H |
|
Total POE credits = 45
updated 6.11
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