The Writing minor provides academic recognition to students who have demonstrated their ability in writing. The minor helps students establish eligibility for graduate programs in writing. It is also evidence of training that may be offered to prospective employers.
Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive
Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.
WRITING MINOR REQUIREMENTS (23 credits) |
Attribute |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
Min. Grade |
|
Writing Courses |
|
|
|
ENG |
40099 |
Writing Portfolio |
2 |
|
|
Choose from the following: (maximum two courses at the 20000-level) |
12 |
|
|
ENG |
20002 |
Introduction to Technical Writing (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
20021 |
Introduction to Creative Writing (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30050 |
Writing and Rhetoric in a Digital Age (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30051 |
Writing, Rhetoric and New Media (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30062 |
Principles of Technical Writing (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30063 |
Professional Writing (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30064 |
Argumentative Prose Writing (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30065 |
Expository Prose Writing (3) |
|
|
ELR |
ENG |
30066 |
Writing in the Public Sphere (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30067 |
Fiction Writing I (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30068 |
Fiction Writing II (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30069 |
Poetry Writing I (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30070 |
Poetry Writing II (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30071 |
Creative Nonfiction (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
30072 |
Editing and Publishing: Fiction and Nonfiction (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
38895 |
Special Topics in Writing (3) |
|
|
ELR |
ENG |
42092 |
Writing Internship (3) 2 |
|
|
|
JMC |
20004 |
Advertising Writing and Storytelling (3) 1 |
|
|
|
JMC |
40037 |
Scriptwriting for Video and Film (3) 1 |
|
|
|
PAS |
22000 |
Creative Writing in the Black World (3) |
|
|
WIC |
THEA |
41026 |
Playwriting (3) |
|
|
|
THEA |
41027 |
Advanced Playwriting (3) |
|
|
|
Cognate courses: choose from the following: (maximum one courses at the 20000-level) |
9 |
|
|
COMM |
25464 |
Argumentation (3) |
|
|
|
COMM |
25902 |
Communication Theory (3) |
|
|
KHU/DD |
COMM |
26000 |
Criticism of Public Discourse (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
31001 |
Fundamental English Grammar (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
31002 |
History of the English Language (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
31003 |
Linguistics (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
31095 |
Special Topics in Linguistics (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
39595 |
Special Topics in Literary Criticism (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
36001 |
Literary Criticism (3) |
|
|
|
ENG |
39895 |
Special Topics in Rhetoric, Composition and Writing (3) |
|
|
ELR |
ENG |
43092 |
Teaching Poetry in the Schools (3) |
|
|
KSS/DD |
JMC |
20001 |
Media, Power and Culture (3) |
|
|
|
JMC |
40022 |
Film as Communication (3) |
|
|
|
PHIL |
31060 |
Philosophy of Art and Beauty (3) |
|
|
WIC |
PHIL |
41080 |
Philosophy and Art in the Modern Age (3) |
|
|
|
PSYC |
40461 |
Psychology of Language (3) |
|
|
|
TRST |
30230 |
Approaches to Translation (3) |
|
|
|
MINIMUM TOTAL |
23 |
|
- Overrides are available from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at 330-672-2572.
- This requirement may be met by placements and the Kent State University Press, The Writing Internship, Institute for Bibliography and Editing, WICK Poetry Center or others.
Notes:
Students may apply to the program coordinator for permission to use special topics courses and other appropriate courses not listed in the curriculum to satisfy the cognate requirements.
Students in the College of the Arts may request that specific courses in art, art history, music and theater be accepted as meeting the cognate area requirements.
Students in the College of Communication and Information may request that specific courses in communication studies and journalism and mass communication be accepted as meeting the cognate area requirements.
Graduation Requirements:
- Minimum overall 2.000 GPA.
- Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F).
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