Professional Writing Requirements

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Required Courses

• ENGL 360 - Advanced Writing
• ENGL 365 - Technical Writing or ENGL 366 - Honors Technical Writing
• ENGL 480 - Professional Design Studio I
• ENGL 472G - Professional Writing
• One elective from Professional Writing
  • ENGL 462G - Special Projects in Professional Writing
  • ENGL 473G - Professional Editing
  • ENGL 474G - Document Design
• Two electives from Professional Writing, Creative Writing, Language, and/or Rhetoric
  • Professional Writing
    • ENGL 462G - Special Projects in Professional Writing
    • ENGL 473G - Professional Editing
    • ENGL 474G - Document Design
  • Creative Writing
    • ENGL 328 - Non-Fiction
    • ENGL 325 - Fiction
    • ENGL 326 - Poetry
    • ENGL 327 - Drama
  • Language
    • ENGL 351 - Introduction  to Linguistics
    • ENGL 304 - Vocabulary Development
    • ENGL 352 - English Grammar and Usage
    • ENGL 353 - Advanced English Grammar
  • Rhetoric
    • ENGL 457G - Classical Rhetoric
    • ENGL 464G - Special Topics in Rhetoric & Composition
• ENGL 463G - Professional Writing Practicum (Learn more about this internship course)
• ENGL 480 - Professional Design Studio II

Other Requirements

All majors, regardless of concentration must take: ENGL 290 - Introduction to Literary Studies.

In addition, all majors in the College of Liberal Arts must declare a minor field, in which 18 hours are required, six of them at the 300- or 400-level.