Feb 09, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Professional and Technical Writing Minor

The minor in Professional and Technical Writing requires 18 hours of course work to include:

Minor Prerequisites

Students must fulfill the Composition and Communication Core requirement:

WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 112 - ACCELERATED COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II (WRD) Credit(s): 3
OR
CIS 112 - ACCELERATED COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II (CIS) Credit(s): 3

Minor Requirements

WRD 204 - TECHNICAL WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 300 - INTRODUCTION TO WRITING, RHETORIC, AND DIGITAL STUDIES Credit(s): 3
WRD 306 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONS IN WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 406 - TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3 (Subtitle required)

Minor Electives

Choose 6 hours from the following:

WRD 203 - BUSINESS WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 208 - MULTIMEDIA WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 225 - CRAFT WRITING Credit(s): 3
WRD 301 - STYLE FOR WRITERS Credit(s): 3
WRD 304 - WRITING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3
WRD 305 - WRITING PUBLIC SCIENCE Credit(s): 3
WRD 310 - WRITING IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3
WRD 322 - RHETORIC AND ARGUMENT: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
WRD 405 - EDITING ENGLISH PROSE Credit(s): 3
WRD 408 - DIGITAL COMPOSING Credit(s): 3