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Requirements for the<\/div>

Professional Writing Minor<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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Requirements for the Professional Writing Minor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Effective Fall 2024, the UMW English & Linguistics department offers a professional writing minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Professional Writing minor provides students with the opportunity to develop their written communication skills. The minor offers an extended study of writing processes, genres, styles, and purposes. Coursework helps students cultivate their understanding of different rhetorical situations and audiences through focused analysis and creation of diverse texts, including research reports, technical documents, and multimodal projects. This minor can complement any major and prepares students for various academic, professional, and public writing contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requirements include two different ENGL 202 topics courses and 9 credits of the following with at least three courses at the 300-level or higher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENGL 203<\/div>\n<\/td>
Writing with Digital Media<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 306<\/div>\n<\/td>
Topics in Writing<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 307<\/div>\n<\/td>
Writing Studies<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 308<\/div>\n<\/td>
Writing Studies and Healing<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 314<\/div>\n<\/td>
The Literary Journal: Professional Practice in Publishing and Editing<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 316A<\/div>\n<\/td>
Technical Writing<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 401<\/div>\n<\/td>
Professional Identities<\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 491<\/div>\n<\/td>
Individual Study 2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 492<\/div>\n<\/td>
Individual Study 2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
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ENGL 499<\/div>\n<\/td>
Internship 2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
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LING 491<\/div>\n<\/td>
Individual Study in Linguistics 2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
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LING 492<\/div>\n<\/td>
Individual Study in Linguistics 2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr>
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LING 499<\/div>\n<\/td>
Internship 2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2 <\/sup>Must focus on professional writing and be approved by the program director and\/or department chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For information on the Professional Writing minor, see the Catalog description<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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