english minor, writing emphasis

lower division requirements:

the minor in english consists of the lower-division prerequisite choices of:

• en 1110 - college composition i (3) and
• en 1120 - college composition ii (3)

• or

• en 1140 - english composition (3)

• or

• en 1150 - honors composition (3)

upper-division requirements

upper-division requirements in one of two areas of emphasis: literature or writing. within the writing emphasis, students must take any four of the english department’s upper-division writing course offerings.

student may choose any four courses from the writing track of the english major in upper-division english offerings:

within the writing area of emphasis, the student may choose any four courses from the writing track of the english major in upper-division english offerings. current offerings in this area include:

• en 3110 - introduction to creative writing (3)
• en 3130 - writing for the environment: advanced composition (3)
• en 3140 - playwriting (3)
• en 3150 - writing the essay: advanced composition (3)
• en 3160 - writing for the marketplace (3)
• en 3170 - practical stylistics (3)
• en 3180 - business writing (3)
• en 3190 - technowriting: the technologies of written communication from the alphabet to the world wide web (3)
• en 3200 - exploring the self in reading and writing (3)
• en 3805 - writing about film (3)
• en 4120 - screenwriting (3)
• en 4150 - the tradition of rhetoric: principles and practices (3)
• en 4170 - teaching of writing (3)
• en 4180 - report writing (3)
• en 4190 - literature and orality (3)
• en 4920 - report project (3)

note(s):

a grade of c or better is required in each upper-division course of the minor. (a grade of c- will not satisfy the requirement.)