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Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
Professional Writing Minor
Requirements for the Professional Writing Minor (18 credits)
Requirements for the Professional Writing Minor (18 credits)
Required Courses (9 credits):
- ENL 2060 Introduction to Professional Writing (3 credits)
- ENL 3030 Technical Writing (3 credits)
- ENL 3080 Business Writing (3 credits)
Electives (9 credits) - Choose three below.
- ENL 3060 Research and Research Writing (3 credits)
- ENL 3540 Topics in Language and Linguistics (3 credits)
- ENL 4050 Editorial Processes and Products (3 credits)
- ENL 4070 Grant Writing (3 credits)
- ENL 4520 Rhetorical Studies Seminar (3 credits)
- CST 1120 Visual Communication (3 credits)
- CST 3240 Feature Writing (3 credits)
- CST 3400 Public Relations Writing (3 credits)
- CST 3450 The Varsity News (3 credits)
- Up to three core curriculum IT1 courses may also count as electives for the Professional Writing minor.
Portfolio:
Students must complete a final portfolio.
Note on Residency Requirement:
At least 12 credits of the courses required for the minor must be taken at Detroit Mercy unless the courses are taken as part of a consortium agreement.
Program Contact Information
Sigrid Streit, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum
Department of English
Briggs Building, Room 222
McNichols Campus
Email: streitsi@udmercy.edu
Telephone: 313-993-1082
Fax: 313-993-1166
Mary-Catherine Harrison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of English
Briggs Building, Room 218
McNichols Campus
Email: mc.harrison@udmercy.edu
Telephone: 313-993-1081
Fax: 313-993-1166