Notes:

* Professional Writing Majors must complete six (6) semester hours of:

• English (ENG) coursework
• Three (3) semester hours must be 300 or above

Choose a specific writing track

Cooperative Education Track:

• Six (6) semester hours from:
  • Three (3) must be numbered 300 or above
    • CHM /WRT 150 - Beer: The Science and Story Behind Fermentation  
    • CRW 215 - Fiction Writing  
    • CRW 220 - Poetry Writing  
    • CRW 240 - Nonfiction Writing  
    • CRW 250 - Screenwriting  
    • CRW /WRT 480 - Special Topics in Writing  
    • WRT 280 - Special Topics in Writing  
    • WRT 350 - Writing for Nonprofits  
    • WRT 370 - Literary Publishing  
• Fourteen (14) semester hours from:
  • ​EXP 100 - Professional Protocol (1 semester hour)  
  • EXP 301 - Work, Ethics, and the Good Life (1 semester hour)  
  • Six to nine semester hours (6-9) must be:
    • WRT 390 - Cooperative Education Experience–Writing (1-12 semester hours)  ​
  • ​Remaining hours (6-9) may be from:
    • EXP 290 - Cooperative Education Experience I (1-12 semester hours)  OR
    • EXP 392 - Cooperative Education Experience II (1-12 semester hours)  OR
    • EXP 395 - Cooperative Education Experience III (1-12 semester hours)  
    • EXP 290 , EXP 392  & EXP 395  are completed, one time, in that order
    • For a maximum of twelve (12) total semester hours across the three courses.

Notes continued:

Traditional Track:

• Twelve (12) semester hours from:
  • Six (6) must Writing (WRT) designated
  • Three (3) must be numbered 300 or above
    • CHM /WRT 150 - Beer: The Science and Story Behind Fermentation  
    • CRW 215 - Fiction Writing  
    • CRW 220 - Poetry Writing  
    • CRW 240 - Nonfiction Writing  
    • CRW 250 - Screenwriting  
    • CRW /WRT 480 - Special Topics in Writing  
    • WRT 280 - Special Topics in Writing  
    • WRT 350 - Writing for Nonprofits  
    • WRT 370 - Literary Publishing  

• Three (3) semester hours from:
  • CRW /WRT 470 - Senior Project in Writing  
  • WRT 400 - Internship in Writing (0-4 semester hours)  
  • Students who wish to pursue CRW /WRT 470  must take the prerequisite course:
    • One (1) semester hour of CRW /WRT 465 - Developing the Writing Project (1 semester hour)  

Professional Writing Major Additional notes:

• Are encourages to take BUS 301 - Management Information Systems  
• May not complete cooperative education in another major