However, the field is very broad indeed, for communication--or lack of communication--is responsible for eight-tenths of all industry's problems. --Personnel manager of major food-products organization.

B.A. in Professional Writing (48 SH)
Public Relations Option
Effective Fall 2007

Core (12 SH)
WRT 171W: Craft of Writing I: Conversations with Predecessors 3
WRT 172W: Craft of Writing II: Conversations with Contemporaries 3
WRT 273W: Craft of Writing III: Writing Identity 3
WRT 274W: Craft of Writing IV: Form and Inspiration 3

Genre Workshops (14 SH)
WRT 255W: Advertising, Copywriting, and Promotion 3
WRT 270W: News Writing 3
WRT 271W: Human Interest Writing or WRT 245W: Technical Writing 3
WRT 340W: Public Relations Writing 3
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Required Upper-Level Courses (16 SH)
LNG 317: Linguistics or LNG 320: Modern English Grammar 3
WRT 333W: The Editorial Environment 3
WRT 373W: Editing and Copyediting 3
WRT 442W: Publication Design and Development 4
WRT 465W: Thesis Project 3
Menu Courses (6 SH)
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Writing Portfolio Requirement Met: Yes___ No____