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The professional writing program equips you for careers across business, nonprofit, technical, and similar fields. Courses emphasize business and technical communication while offering training in persuasive, grant, and travel writing. Designed for flexibility, the curriculum allows you to combine it with another major or minor. Intimate class settings promote meaningful discussions with professors and peers.
Upon graduation, you'll have gained:
Practical experience through internships in grant writing, corporate communications, nonprofits, publishing, editing, marketing, and design
Collaborative research projects with faculty
Participation in campus-wide and national writing contests
A capstone career exploration initiative
Chances to contribute to student publications and National Novel Writing Month
Professional connections and growth through the English club and Sigma Tau Delta honor society