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Professional Writing and Editing, M.A.

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Degree Requirements

  • Credit Hours: Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in English at the graduate level.
  • Grade Point Average: Students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75. Students must also earn a minimum GPA of 2.75 and a minimum grade of B- in all courses applied to the degree. 

Curriculum Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
PROVESSIONAL WRITING AND EDITING COURSES:12
ENGL 601
Studies in Composition and Rhetoric
ENGL 602
Editing
ENGL 605
Professional Writing Theory
ENGL 609
College Composition Pedagogy *
INTERNSHIP: **3
ENGL 610
Professional Writing Internship
ELECTIVES:15
Select six credits of the following ENGL or WRIT courses at the 500-level or above: ***
WRIT 502
Publishing
WRIT 503
Grant Proposal Writing for Community & Industry
WRIT 507
The Writing of Health and Medicine
WRIT 508
Rhetoric and Science
ENGL 509
Approaches to Teaching Composition
ENGL 606
Introduction to the Digital Humanities
ENGL 607
Topics in Rhetoric
ENGL 701
Seminar in Rhetoric
Select nine credits of ENGL courses at the 500 level or above.
Total Hours30
*

 Students who do not hold an assistantship will substitute three additional hours of electives.

**

With program approval, a thesis option can be substituted for the internship. 

***

Additional courses may accepted with Professional Writing Coordinator approval, excluding ENGL 698, 790, and 798.

Major Learning Outcomes

Professional Writing and Editing

The learning outcomes for the M.A. in PWE reflect the program’s mixture of theory and practice:

  1. Recognize and evaluate a variety of ethical, social, legal, and political values intertwined in the production and consumption of technical communications.
  2. Analyze the uses and applications of new communication technologies.
  3. Acquire historical and critical understanding of rhetorical theories and practices.
  4. Master a variety of research and analytical methods, especially as these apply to the study and practical application of oral, written, and visual communication in professional contexts.
  5. Acquire a practical and theoretical understanding of workplace dynamics including client relations and project management skills.
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