Professional Writing - Additional Major
If you wish to declare an additional major (sometimes called a double major) in Professional Writing, curriculum requirements will depend upon your primary major declaration. Because some of the same courses are required for each of our 5 major programs in the department, students who have primary majors in English have an amended set of requirements for additional majors in order to account for course overlap.
- Curriculum for Students with Primary Majors Outside of the Department of English
- Curriculum for Students with Primary Majors Within the Department of English
Curriculum for Students with Primary Majors Outside of the Department of English:
13 courses, 111 units minimum
All courses are 9.0 units each, unless otherwise noted.
Introductory Genre Writing Course (1 course, 9 units):
76-260 Intro to Writing Fiction
76-261 Intro to Writing Creative Nonfiction
76-265 Intro to Writing Poetry
76-269 Intro to Screenwriting
PW Core Requirements (4 courses, 30 units):
76-271 Introduction to Professional & Technical Writing
76-300 Professional Seminar (3 units)
76-373 Argument
76-390 Style
Rhetoric/Language Studies Requirement (1 course, 9-12 units):
Course options include but are not limited to:
76-318 Communicating in the Global Marketplace
76-319 Environmental Rhetoric
76-325 Intertexuality
76-355 Leadership, Dialogue, and Change
76-371 Innovation in Teamwork
76-378 Literacy: Educational Theory and Community Practice
76-384 Race, Nation, and the Enemy
76-389 Rhetorical Grammar
76-476 Rhetoric of Science
76-485 The New Public Sphere
76-491 Rhetorical Analysis
76-492 Rhetoric of Public Policy
Advanced Writing/Rhetoric Requirements (4 courses, 36-48 units):
Course options include but are not limited to:
76-301 Internship (variable units)
76-302 Global Communication Center Practicum (6 units)
76-354 Watchdog Journalism
76-359 User Experience Methods for Documents
76-360 Literary Journalism Workshop
76-372 News Writing
76-378 Literacy: Educational Theory and Community Practice
76-389 Rhetorical Grammar
76-391 Document & Information Design
76-395 Science Writing
76-396 Non-Profit Message Creation
76-415 Mediated Power and Propaganda
76-425 Science in the Public Sphere
76-474 Software Documentation
76-476 Rhetoric of Science
76-481 Introduction to Multimedia Design (12 units)
76-487 Web Design (12 units)
76-491 Rhetorical Analysis
76-494 Healthcare Communications
English Electives (3 courses, 27 units):
Complete three additional courses from the English Department’s offerings.
- Only one of the three English Electives may be at the 200 level. The remaining English Electives must be at the 300 or 400 level.
- Two of the three English Electives must be courses that focus on the relationships between texts and their cultural and historical contexts. (We call these Text/Context courses.)
Please consult the list of courses published each semester by the Department for current offerings. English Electives may include any 200-level or above course offered by the Department. In choosing English Electives, you are encouraged to sample courses from across the Department.
Curriculum for Students with Primary Majors Within the Department of English:
9 courses, 105 units minimum
All courses are 9.0 units each, unless otherwise noted.
PW Core Requirements (4 courses, 30 units):
76-271 Introduction to Professional & Technical Writing
76-300 Professional Seminar (3 units)
76-373 Argument
76-390 Style
Rhetoric/Language Studies Requirement (1 course, 9-12 units):
Course options include but are not limited to:
76-318 Communicating in the Global Marketplace
76-319 Environmental Rhetoric
76-325 Intertexuality
76-355 Leadership, Dialogue, and Change
76-371 Innovation in Teamwork
76-378 Literacy: Educational Theory and Community Practice
76-384 Race, Nation, and the Enemy
76-389 Rhetorical Grammar
76-476 Rhetoric of Science
76-485 The New Public Sphere
76-491 Rhetorical Analysis
76-492 Rhetoric of Public Policy
Advanced Writing/Rhetoric Requirements (4 courses, 36-48 units):
Course options include but are not limited to:
76-301 Internship (variable units)
76-302 Global Communication Center Practicum (6 units)
76-359 User Experience Methods for Documents
76-360 Literary Journalism Workshop
76-372 News Writing
76-378 Literacy: Educational Theory and Community Practice
76-389 Rhetorical Grammar
76-391 Document & Information Design
76-395 Science Writing
76-396 Non-Profit Message Creation
76-415 Mediated Power and Propaganda
76-425 Science in the Public Sphere
76-474 Software Documentation
76-476 Rhetoric of Science
76-481 Introduction to Multimedia Design (12 units)
76-487 Web Design (12 units)
76-491 Rhetorical Analysis
76-494 Healthcare Communications