A major in Writing combines a broad-based liberal arts and creative education with the practical skills and career opportunities that can lead to a fulfilling and successful future. Students choose to focus in either Creative Writing or Professional Writing. A focus in Creative Writing provides students with opportunities to develop their writing in a variety of genres and media, preparing them for future work as writers, editors, publishers, and communicators in creative industry. A focus in Professional Writing is excellent preparation for students interested in work as writers, editors, social media coordinators, and digital communicators.
Writing majors gain real-world writing experience during challenging internships, as editors and producers of media, or by applying their skills to writing projects in the community and across campus. Writing graduates have gone on to become published authors and obtain jobs in publishing, education, technical writing, public relations, information technology, government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), corporate communications, non-profit and social-service organizations, health care, the arts, and many related fields. The major is also an excellent path for those interested in post-graduate education in law, English, creative writing, rhetoric, or technical writing.
Students with this major will benefit from:
- Marketable communication skills such as writing, editing, publishing, tutoring, document design, and digital communication.
- Opportunities to engage with visiting writers and take workshop courses in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, playwriting, and comics.
- Background in the history and theory of language for greater command of writing and language usage.
- In-depth study of literary works and history providing depth and context to writing craft and style.
- Systematic explorations of professional, artistic, and/or advocacy paths that correspond to their current and future vision(s) of themselves as writers and communicators.
Writing, B.A. Program Outcomes
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