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Undergraduate: Writing certificate

Students earn the Certificate by receiving an average of B or above in five of the writing courses listed below, including at least one from each of the three certificate areas: Advanced Expository and Professional Writing, Creative Writing, and Writing Theory.

Advanced Expository and Professional Writing

  • W101: Developing Prose Style
  • W102: Technical Writing
  • W103: Writing the Research Essay
  • W104: Writing for Business and Industry
  • 0200: Career Internship
  • 0201: Advanced Composition
  • 0205: Writers at Work

Creative Writing

  • 0107: Creative Writing: Poetry
  • 0108: Creative Writing: Fiction
  • 0109: Creative Writing: Plays
  • 0202: Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
  • 0203: Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
  • 0204: Advanced Creative Writing: Plays

Writing Theory

  • W105: Literacy and Society
  • W106: Texts and Cultures of Science
  • W112: Technologies of Writing
  • 0212: Linguistics and Grammar
  • 0284: Theories of Discourse
  • W310: Senior Seminar in Linguistics, Literacy, Rhetoric

Students interested in the Writing Certificate are urged to seek advice on their goals and course choices from the Linguistics, Literacy, and Rhetoric faculty.

 

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