A Writing Minor is an excellent way for students in all majors and disciplines to enhance their critical reading skills and gain creative and professional writing experience that will serve them well in any career. Students can choose from a wide range of English/writing (EN), theater (TH) and communication (CO) courses to fulfill a Writing Minor. A number of courses include experiential and service-learning opportunities.
Course Requirements
- EN 223 The Art of Persuasive Writing
- 15 semester hours selected from the following EN, CO and TH writing courses:
- EN 209A Creative Writing
- EN 202 Publishing Hemetera (1/2 credit per semester; must take six semesters for three credit course equivalent)
- EN 210 Poetry Workshop
- EN 210B Fiction Workshop
- EN 211 Writing About Texts
- EN 211A Literature of the Fantastic
- EN 226 Interactive Fiction and Game Design
- EN 230 Creative Nonfiction
- EN 231 Travel Writing and Journey Memoirs (1 credit)
- EN 233 Literature and Technology
- EN 303 Living Literature
- EN 314 Advanced Rhetoric: The Art of the Argument
- EN 328 Writer as Critic: The Art of the Review
- EN 329 Writing for the Community
- EN 332 Writing and Pedagogy (1 credit)
- EN 334 Writing and Healing
- CO 212 Writing for the Communication Professional
- CO 219 Journalism
- CO 220 Feature Writing
- CO 240 Screenwriting
- TH 308 Playwriting
- TH 311 Oral History and Performance
- Independent Study on a relevant topic (no more than one)
