Technical & Professional Writing Minor
6 Courses (18 Credits)
This 18-hour minor allows students to study techniques and strategies used in genres of technical and professional writing, including within technical, medical, scientific, nonprofit, and other professional contexts. Students will learn to write in various professional and technical genres, such as reports, proposals, instructions, and educational materials, and will learn to compose for a variety of audiences. A particular focus of the minor will be in learning to communicate complex information to lay audiences. Towards this end, students will gain skills in audience analysis, document design, style and editing, and research. Students will become more aware of theories and strategies of writing through close rhetorical analysis of professional and technical exemplary texts.
The 18-hour minor in Technical and Professional Writing offers an alternative option for students majoring in Writing Arts who are concentrating in Technical and Professional Writing: if these students complete 18 credits in the minor (6 more credits beyond the Concentration, with no double counted credits between the major and the minor), they will receive the minor, but not the Concentration.
The Minor is also an alternative option for non-Writing Arts majors who are pursuing the CUGS in Technical and Professional Writing: those students acquiring 18 credits in the minor (rather than the 12 for the CUGS), will receive the minor and not the CUGS.
FOUNDATION BANK:
Students will complete a total of 18 credit hours, with at least 9 credit hours from the following courses (foundations bank):
ELECTIVE BANK:
Students must complete 9 additional hours from either the foundational bank (above), or the elective bank (below):
This 18-hour minor allows students to study techniques and strategies used in genres of technical and professional writing, including within technical, medical, scientific, nonprofit, and other professional contexts. Students will learn to write in various professional and technical genres, such as reports, proposals, instructions, and educational materials, and will learn to compose for a variety of audiences. A particular focus of the minor will be in learning to communicate complex information to lay audiences. Towards this end, students will gain skills in audience analysis, document design, style and editing, and research. Students will become more aware of theories and strategies of writing through close rhetorical analysis of professional and technical exemplary texts.
The 18-hour minor in Technical and Professional Writing offers an alternative option for students majoring in Writing Arts who are concentrating in Technical and Professional Writing: if these students complete 18 credits in the minor (6 more credits beyond the Concentration, with no double counted credits between the major and the minor), they will receive the minor, but not the Concentration.
The Minor is also an alternative option for non-Writing Arts majors who are pursuing the CUGS in Technical and Professional Writing: those students acquiring 18 credits in the minor (rather than the 12 for the CUGS), will receive the minor and not the CUGS.
FOUNDATION BANK:
Students will complete a total of 18 credit hours, with at least 9 credit hours from the following courses (foundations bank):
- Introduction to Technical Writing
- Scientific Writing and Rhetoric
- Medical Writing and Rhetoric
- Writing For Nonprofits
ELECTIVE BANK:
Students must complete 9 additional hours from either the foundational bank (above), or the elective bank (below):
MASTERS IN WRITING BANK:
Under “Senior Privilege”, seniors with a 3.0 GPA may request permission to register for one graduate-level course per semester, not to exceed 6 semester hours. The MA in Writing courses that can be applied to the CUGS in Technical and Professional Writing include:
Under “Senior Privilege”, seniors with a 3.0 GPA may request permission to register for one graduate-level course per semester, not to exceed 6 semester hours. The MA in Writing courses that can be applied to the CUGS in Technical and Professional Writing include:
- Writing For Electronic Communities
- Managerial Communication
- Information Architecture
- Technical Writing
- Independent Study (in a Technical or Professional area)
- Internet and Writing Studies
- Visual Rhetoric and Multimodal Composition
*The change from “specialization" to “concentration" will be reflected in transcripts beginning Fall 2017.