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Professional Writing Minor

The Professional Writing Minor exposes students to writing in the humanities and sciences as well as the corporate and non-corporate sectors. Students will increase their awareness of writing situations they will encounter in the workplace.

By analyzing and composing digital texts, and in enriching their visual literacy, students gain technology skills necessary for writing in the modern workplace.

The Professional Writing Minor prepares students for success in a wide variety of fields, such as technical communicators; web authors, designers, and content managers; publishers, publishing coordinators, and publication managers; science and medical writers; information architects: usability specialists and researchers; communications specialists; and grant and proposal writers.

The Professional Writing Minor also can serve as an excellent springboard for students pursuing graduate degrees.

The Professional Writing Minor requires a total of 18 credits.

REQUIRED COURSES:

LING 203, English Grammar, 3 credits

ENGL 379, Technical Communication, 3 credits

or 277, Technical Communication for Engineers, 3 credits

MCOM 161, Desktop Publishing, 3 credits and 161L, Desktop Publishing Lab, 0 credits

ENGL 492: Issues in Professional Writing: Visual Rhetoric, 3 credits

ELECTIVE COURSES:

ARTD 203, Computer Graphics I, 3 credits

ENGL 383, Creative Writing, 3 credits

ENGL/GBLS 399, Futuristic Communications, 3 credits

LING 420, The New English, 3 credits

LING 452, General Semantics, 3 credits

MCOM 220, Introduction to Digital Media, 2 credits

MCOM 225, Introduction to Digital Delivery, 2 credits

ENGL 492: Issues in Professional Writing: Writing for Professions in the Sciences and Humanities, 3 credits

ENGL 494, Internship, credits vary

Interested students should contact:

Dr. Jason McEntee, Coordinator of Professional Writing

English Department

South Dakota State University

Box 504/Scobey Hall

Brookings, SD 57007

605/688/4064 (office)

605/588/5192 (fax)

jason.mcentee@sdstate.edu

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