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2017-2018 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Professional Writing, BA
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About the Program
The professional writing major includes strands in technical writing and writing and publishing. It is a good major for students who love to write and who enjoy organizing and presenting information in multiple media. The professional writing major is noted for cultivating expertise in writing for the digital workplace; in teaching and researching multimedia writing, visual rhetoric, usability, and emergent technologies; in print and digital publishing; and for emphasizing collaboration, community service, and open-source development and documentation. Skills learned include the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; to edit, revise and design professional documents; to analyze, interpret, and present data; to present information clearly and creatively; and to understand how people use writing to teach, delight, and persuade. Students may focus on writing for the arts or writing for industry, and they must choose a minor that will give them additional expertise.
Professional writing offers two major scholarships annually to undergraduates, each currently worth $5,000, and focused on Technical Writing and Writing and Publishing.
All professional writing majors have opportunities to work with journals and magazines published in the English Department and two scholarly presses.
The Purdue Exponent student newspaper provides ample opportunity to hone journalism skills and get published on a regular basis. Professional writing majors often work as interns or in part-time positions with the newspaper.
Please visit Professional Writing for more information.
3 Year Degrees
A variety of majors in Liberal Arts offer students the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years, allowing students to enter the work force or graduate school a year earlier than traditional plans of study.
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Degree Requirements
120 Credits RequiredLiberal Arts Core Curriculum
Each liberal arts major is designed as a four-year plan of study and includes three types of courses: Major, Core, and Elective. Most students take five courses per semester, with some of each type. Professional academic advisors meet individually with each of our students on a regular basis to help with course selection, academic planning, and career development, as well as to help students find additional resources on campus. For the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum click here . Area A - English Literature 2000-Level (3 credits)
Professional Writing Selective Requirements Lists
PREREQUISITE: One of the following 20000-level English literature courses Area B - Background (9 credits)
Area C - Advanced Writing Courses (21 credits)
Group 1: Writing and Publishing
One of the following required (3 credits)
(courses listed in recommended sequence) Options (15 credits)
Choose 15 credits Group 2: Technical Writing
Two of the following required (6 credits) Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (57 credits)
- ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (UCC: Written Communication)
or - ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (UCC: Written Communication)
- COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (UCC: Oral Communication)
- Other Languages (Proficiency through Level IV in one language) (UCC: Humanities) - Credits Hours: 12.00
- Mathematics (UCC: Quantitative Reasoning) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Statistics (UCC: Quantitative Reasoning) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Western Heritage - Credit Hours: 3.00
- United States Tradition (UCC: Behavioral Social Science - if POL 10100 was taken) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Other Cultures (UCC: Behavioral Social Science - if ANTH 20500 was taken) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Aesthetic Awareness - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Racial and Ethnic Diversity - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Gender Issues - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Social Ethics (UCC: Science, Technology & Society - if PHIL 27000 or POL 22300 was taken) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Individual and Society - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Global Perspective (UCC: Science, Technology & Society - if HIST 38400 or HIST 38700 was taken) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Natural Sciences (UCC: Science - requires 6 credits) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Natural Sciences Lab - Credit Hours: 3.00
A Minor Outside the English Department (12-15 credits)
Electives (15-18 credits)
University Core Requirements
Prerequisite Information:
For current pre-requisites for courses, click here. Spring 2nd Year
- ENGL 30900 - Computer-Aided Publishing
- REQ A (English Lit 20000-Level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Natural Science Lab - Credit Hours: 3.00
- SLC 20200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
- US Traditions - Credit Hours: 3.00
Fall 3rd Year
- REQ C - Credit Hours: 3.00
- REQ C - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Racial & Ethnic Diversity - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Global Perspectives - Credit Hours: 3.00
- MINOR - Credit Hours: 3.00
Spring 3rd Year
- REQ C - Credit Hours: 3.00
- REQ C - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Gender Issues - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Aesthetic Awareness - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Fall 4th Year
- REQ C - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Other Cultures - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
- MINOR - Credit Hours: 3.00
Spring 4th Year
- REQ C - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Social Ethics - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
- Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
- MINOR - Credit Hours: 3.00
Notes
2.5 GPA in courses is required for prerequisite and background section. 2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Arts degree. 32 credit hours at 30000 level or higher required for Bachelor of Arts degree. Foreign Language Courses
Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish Critical Course
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