Undergraduate Programs

For information about specific courses listed in program requirements, as well as other offerings, please see the Writing Arts Course Offerings Website , or the Undergraduate Catalog here.

The Writing Arts major provides broad-based study and practice in written communication, drawing on the disciplinary strengths of the College of Communication and Creative Arts and from departments across the University. Writing Arts offers students intensive experience in a variety of writing forms, creative and expository, personal and public. Students learn how writers compose in print and new media forms and how audiences react to their writing. In classroom workshops and peer response groups, through lecture and discussion, and by creating and composing multiple drafts and revisions, students develop sensitivity to rhetorical considerations of audience, purpose, and genre. Through these diverse experiences, students are prepared for success in a wide variety of settings beyond the University.

Writing Arts Major:

Advising Sheet for students entering the major after 9/1/2019

Advising Sheet for students entering the major after 9/1/2018 but before 9/1/2019

Advising Sheet for students entering the major after 9/1/2013 but before 9/1/2018

Advising Sheet for students who entered major before 9/1/2013

B.A./M.A. Dual Degree Program (4 + 1)
About the Program

Minors:

Advising sheet for the Minor in Creative Writing

Advising sheet for the Minor Publishing and Writing for the Public

Advising sheet for the Minor in Technical and Professional Writing

Advising sheet for the Minor in Writing Arts

Advising Sheet for the Minor in New Media

Certificates of Undergraduate Study (CUGS):

Advising sheet for the CUGS in Creative Writing

Advising sheet for the CUGS in Technical and Professional Writing

Advising sheet for the CUGS in Writing for the Environment

Advising sheet for the CUGS in Writing Studies for Educators