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Minor in Professional Technical Writing

Professional and Technical Writing - Minor

The Professional and Technical Writing minor provides training in writing, editing, proofreading and publishing for students seeking to enter professional or technical fields that demand strong written communication.

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Minor in Professional and Technical Writing

The Professional and Technical Writing Minor is intended to provide academic recognition to students who have demonstrated their ability in writing. The minor helps to establish eligibility for graduate programs in writing or it provides evidence of training that may be offered to prospective employers.

Students from any college or discipline can enroll in one of the two options for the Writing Minor: this being one of them - the Professional and Technical Writing Minor. (The other option is the Creative Writing Minor.) Classes can be taken on any campus over the course of several semesters. No coursework in this program may be taken pass-fail.

Program Information for Professional and Technical Writing - Minor

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate specialized knowledge and skills in professional writing.
  2. Employ research tools and methods appropriate for the academic study of rhetoric and writing.
  3. Produce professional writing with attention to appropriate genre conventions, format and citation guidelines, stylistic expectations and grammatical rules.
Admissions for Professional and Technical Writing - Minor

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Coursework
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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
ENG 20002INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING 3
ENG 30063PROFESSIONAL WRITING 3
ENG 30074GRAMMAR FOR EDITING 13
or ENG 40072 HOW TO EDIT PROFESSIONALLY
Minor Electives, choose from the following: 29
ENG 30050
WRITING AND RHETORIC IN A DIGITAL AGE
ENG 30051
WRITING, RHETORIC AND NEW MEDIA
ENG 30053
WRITING FOR VIDEO GAMES
ENG 30062
PRINCIPLES OF TECHNICAL WRITING
ENG 30064
ARGUMENTATIVE PROSE WRITING
ENG 30065
EXPOSITORY PROSE WRITING
ENG 30066
WRITING IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE (ELR)
ENG 30074
GRAMMAR FOR EDITING
ENG 38895
SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING
ENG 40072
HOW TO EDIT PROFESSIONALLY
ENG 42092
WRITING INTERNSHIP (ELR) 3
ENG 42192
SERVICE LEARNING IN ENGLISH STUDIES (ELR)
HDF 44032
NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING AND GRANTWRITING
MDJ 20001
MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS)
TRST 30230
APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18
1

The course not selected (ENG 30074 or ENG 40072) may be taken to fulfill a minor elective.

2

In selecting electives, students are encouraged to combine choices into an area of emphasis, such as digital/web writing; technical and scientific writing; editing and publishing; or public advocacy writing. Students may apply to the chair of the Department of English for permission to use special topics courses and other appropriate courses not listed in the curriculum to fulfill the minor electives. Students in the College of Communication and Information may request that specific courses in communication studies and media and journalism be accepted to fulfill minor electives.

3

Though offered for variable credit, students pursuing the minor should take 3 credit hours of ENG 42092.

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Students who wish to complete a longer project or prepare a portfolio for graduate school or for a job application, may request to be enrolled in ENG 40099 for two additional credit hours of individualized work.
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (in residence).
Program Delivery
  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Ashtabula Campus
    • East Liverpool Campus
    • Geauga Campus
    • Kent Campus
    • Salem Campus
    • Stark Campus
    • Trumbull Campus
    • Tuscarawas Campus
    • Twinsburg Academic Center
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