Professional Writing Track

Professional writing prepares students to analyze and address a variety of writing situations, to read texts critically and to write in an effective, informed and ethical manner in a range of organizational contexts.

Many courses incorporate technologies for writing, research and communication. This option will prepares you for a career in writing, editing and a myriad other fields that rely on written communication.

It provides concentrated training in such areas as journalism, technical writing, business writing and public discourse, while developing an understanding of how language shapes our world.

The professional writing major track student learning outcomes are:

1. Students will be able to adapt information to the needs of specific audiences.
2. Students will be able to find, evaluate and appropriately cite information sources.
3. Students will be able to construct and present evidence to support a clear and logical argument.
4. Students will be able to create usable texts in a variety of genres and forms employing multiple media.
5. Students will be able to describe and assess their own development as producers and consumers of texts.