2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Writing Major, Professional Writing Emphasis, 36 hours: B.S.—Minor Required

CIP: 231301

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Writing Core Requirements (15 hours)

ENGL 10210Introduction to Creative Writing

3

ENGL 10203Writing and Rhetoric

3

ENGL 10315Professional and Technical Writing

3

 

ENGL 10403Studies in Language

3

OR

ENGL 10504Language and Linguistics

3

 

ENGL 10410Professional Portfolio Preparation

3

Approved Electives (9 hours)

9 hours of writing, literature, and language coursework from approved 300, 400, and 500-level writing courses, literature courses, and 100 and 200-level language courses, with no more than 6 hours from literature courses, no more than 6 hours from language courses, and no more than 3 hours from approved writing coursework in another department.

Approved electives

9

Professional Writing Emphasis (12 hours)

ENGL 10515Advanced Professional and Technical Writing

3

ENGL 10512Publication Skills

3

ENGL 10495Internship in Writing and Research

1 to 8

ENGL 10430Digital Literacy

3

Note: ENGL 10495 should be taken for a minimum of 3 credit hours.

Minor requirements and/or free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours