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Curriculum
The curriculum of the Professional Writing major allows you to tailor your degree to the type of writing that you are most interested in pursuing professionally. Our range of writing electives, possibly the most extensive of any writing program, includes food writing, travel writing, copy-editing, photojournalism, screenwriting, game writing, and more than twenty other options.
Our Upside-Down Curriculum allows you to get a head start on these skills by starting your Professional Writing classes in your first semester. In your very first class, we ask you, "Who are you as a person? Who are you as a writer?" By the time you finish your first year, you will have taken upward of three courses related to your major!
Professional Writing Curriculum 2013-14
First Year
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First Semester |
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Concepts of the Self |
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Rhetoric I |
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Public Speaking Fundamentals of Acting |
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Mass Media and Society |
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Second Semester |
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Concepts of Community |
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Rhetoric II |
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Creative Writing Creative Non-Fiction |
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Math Elective |
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General Elective or Specialization Course |
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Second Year
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First Semester |
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Choose 200-level COR course |
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Choose 200-level COR course |
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Creative Writing Creative Non-Fiction |
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Literature or Language or Fine Arts Elective |
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Writing Elective or Specialization Course |
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Second Semester |
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Choose 200-level COR course |
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Choose 200-level COR course |
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Print Journalism Technical Writing |
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Literature or Language or Fine Arts Elective |
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Writing Elective or Specialization Course |
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Second-year Portfolio |
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Third Year
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First Semester |
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Global Stidies II: Human Rights |
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Print Journalism Technical Writing |
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Writing Elective or Specialization Course |
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Writing Elective or Specialization Course |
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Second Semester |
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International Cultural Studies |
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International Cultural Studies |
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Third-year Portfolio |
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Natural Science Elective with Lab |
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Writing Elective at 300 or 400 Level or Specialization Course |
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Writing Elective |
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Fourth Year
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First Semester |
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Professional Writing Internship |
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Writing Elective or Specialization Course |
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Writing Elective |
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General Elective |
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Second Semester |
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Shakespeare Adv. Literature Seminar |
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Fourth Year Portfolio |
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College Capstone |
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Writing Elective |
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General Elective |
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