Offered in: Chicago

The Writing Minor is designed to develop student skills in research and writing for multiple contexts and purposes. Faculty will guide students in developing their analytical and writing skills in order to address disparate audiences, to organize information effectively, to confront issues critically and to articulate new knowledge about themselves, society and the world. The Writing Minor is an excellent pairing with majors throughout the University, including Business, Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, Paralegal Studies, English, History, Philosophy, Psychology, and Political Science. It would be difficult to find a profession in which strong writing skills are not a high priority.

Requirements

The Writing minor is an 18-hour sequence consisting of six courses. There are two foundational courses required for the Writing Minor:

• WRTG 160 THE ART OF PERSUASION
• CRWR 153 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING

These are foundational experiences ensuring that students are well grounded in theories and vocabularies of writing in a variety of situations and for different intentions.

Each required course offers a foundation for four further courses related to the fundamentals addressed in each of the required courses. Subsequent courses concentrate on more focused topics, genre, forms or purpose. At least one course must be taken at the 300 level.

Electives should be chosen in close consultation with an advisor to devise a program that both satisfies the student’s interests and involves sufficient breadth. Transfer students must take at least three courses at Roosevelt, at least one of which must be at the 300 level.