Writing
Rev. Pat Hannon. C.S.C., M.Div., Joshua Swidzinski, Ph.D., and John McDonald, M.A., co-coordinators
The writing minor offers students the chance to exercise their creative and communicative powers. Writing is a rigorous pursuit that embeds a life with discovery, empathy, deep reflection, increasing knowledge of oneself & others, and career skills. Intended for students of any major, including those in nursing, business, and engineering, the writing minor develops confidence, strategies, and skills in the craft of communicating with clarity and precision.
Learning Outcomes for the Writing Minor
- Show adherence to the basic skills, rules, and norms of writing, applying them across multiple stages.
- Understand and engage in a consistent writing practice and process, including writing in drafts, revising, and giving verbal and written feedback to others through peer review.
- Demonstrate the ability to write within several different genres, understanding the various elements and strategies that create a cohesive piece of writing in each mode.
15 upper division credit hours, including at least 9 credit hours of writing workshop courses, are required for the minor, in addition to any prerequisites. Beyond the writing workshops, any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 15 credit hours are drawn from 300-level English courses.
Minor Requirements – 15 credit hours
Prerequisite
| ENG 112 | Thinking Through Literature | 3 |
Writing Workshops - 9-15 credit hours
Select at least three courses and up to five courses from the following:
Students will maintain a writing portfolio and will upload a final work from each of their workshop courses to their writing portfolio.
300-level English Electives - 0-6 credit hours
Select up to two courses from the follow:
| ENG 301 | British Literature I (Medieval through 18th Century) | 3 |
| ENG 302 | British Literature II (19th Century to Present) | 3 |
| ENG 303 | American Literature I (Beginnings to 1900) | 3 |
| ENG 304 | American Literature II (1900 to Present) | 3 |
| ENG 317 | Writing Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ENG 326 | Shakespeare: Page, Performance, and Perceptions | 3 |
| ENG 335 | Literatures and Cultures of Food | 3 |
| ENG 336 | Studies in Drama | 3 |
| ENG 337 | Modern/Contemporary Arabic Literature | 3 |
| ENG 338 | European Literature in Translation | 3 |
| ENG 339 | Studies in Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 342 | Studies in Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 343 | Studies in Nonfiction | 3 |
| ENG 351 | Satire | 3 |
| ENG 352 | Film and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 353 | Letters and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 360 | Literature and Social Change | 3 |
| ENG 361 | Northwest Literature | 3 |
| ENG 363 | Environmental Literature | 3 |
| ENG 370 | Studies in Women Writers | 3 |
| ENG 371 | City Life in American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 372 | Multi-Ethnic American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 373 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 375 | Studies in Irish Writers | 3 |