The Professional Writing program provides students with real-world experiences in digital and print environments that prepare students for a wide range of professional opportunities in industry, nonprofit, and public sectors.
With the Professional Writing minor, students can add additional value to their degrees through courses in the minor, internships and professional development opportunities. Recent graduates work in industry, nonprofit, and public sectors as user experience researchers, content strategists/creators, information architects, project managers, technical writers, documentation consultants, nonprofit communicators, social media coordinators, grant and proposal writers, and much more.
To declare or change a minor, fill out the SCU Registrar's Program Petition form.
Requirements for the Minor
One Required Course:
- English 16. Introduction to Writing Studies
Four Units of an Internship Course:
- English 189. Professional/Digital Writing Internship and/or English 198A. Writing Internship
At least five electives, three of which must be upper-division courses:
- English 19. Business Writing
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English 20. Introduction to Rhetoric
- English 25. Textual Editing
- English 26. Introduction to Writing in STEM
- English 100. Writing in the Public Interest
- English 101. Professional Writing
- English 103. Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
- English 104. Teaching Writing
- English 105. Literacy Studies
- English 106. Women Writers and Rhetorics
- English 107. Life Stories and Film
- English 108. Writing in STEM
- English 109. Internet Culture and Information Society
- English 110. New Media in Theory and Practice
- English 111. Writing for Social Change
- English 112. Technical Writing and Communication
- English 113. Writing Center Theory and Practice
- English 114. Writing for Publication
- English 115. Argumentation
- English 116. Letterpress Composition
- English 117. Artificial Intelligence and Writing
- English 181. Engineering Communications
User Experience Research & Writing (UXR&W) Lab
The UXR&W Lab is an interdisciplinary facility within the Professional Writing Program. Our goals are to make information more accessible, technology more usable, and experiences more inclusive. We connect students, faculty, and staff from all departments and colleges to support understandings of UX across diverse contexts.
Director
Dr. Heather Noel Turner, hturner@scu.edu
For more information, contact
Julia Voss, Department Chair
Email: jvoss@scu.edu
Phone: 408-554-2715
