Description

The minor in Professional and Technical Writing requires 18 credits of coursework: WRT 307 - Advanced Writing Studio: Professional Writing; at least two courses from List A; the balance can be taken from List A or B.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Produce effective documents for business, health care, nonprofit, government, technical, or scientific professions in local, national, or global contexts

2. Rhetorically analyze professional audiences and effective persuasion practices

3. Learn, analyze, and apply the ethics of professional and technical communication across professions, including accessibility and inclusivity

4. Produce rhetorically astute work in multiple modalities

Gateway Course

• WRT 307 - Advanced Writing Studio: Professional Writing

List A

• WRT 417 - Technical Documentation & Usability
• WRT 419 - Advanced Technical Writing Workshop
• WRT 427 - Emerging Technologies in Professional & Technical Writing
• WRT 437 - Rhetoric and Information Design
• WRT 447 - Professional & Technical Writing in Global Contexts

List B

• WRT 301 - Advanced Writing Studio: Civic Writing
• WRT 302 - Advanced Writing Studio: Digital Writing
• WRT 308 - Advanced Writing Studio: Style
• CRS 336 - Communication and Organizational Diversity
• WRT 340 - Advanced Editing Studio
• CRS 325 - Presentational Speaking
• CRS 338 - Communication in Organizations
• CRS 430 - Intercultural Communication

Declaring a PTW minor

To declare a Writing minor, students should complete the Declaration of Minor form and then bring the form to the Writing Department office (239 HBC Hall) for the signature of the minor coordinator. A copy of the form must be filed with the student’s home college.