Introduction
The Professional Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) Minor is a 25-credit minor that is open to students in any major. The PWR Minor includes writing courses that focus on deepening and extending your rhetorical flexibility. These courses are designed to help you develop your capacity to invent, make, and examine texts, both print and digital, for wildly differing audiences, situations, and contexts, both inside and outside of the university. Do check the English Department webpage for specific PWR course offerings every quarter as topics frequently change, and different instructors teach the same course in different ways.
Courses taken for credit in minor programs in the English Department may not be counted toward English majors.
Why Consider a Professional Writing and Rhetoric Minor?
The versatility and flexibility that the PWR Minor offers will benefit your work at the university and beyond because writing (or composing) effectively in different environments matters regardless of the life you’re chasing after. Simply put, writing, in whatever form it takes, can make lots happen - for you and for others.
Student Resources
Department Website: English
Contact information: Professional Writing and Rhetoric Minor Advisor, Nicole Brown, Humanities 311, 360-650-3014, Nicole.Brown@wwu.edu
Department advising: See the department’s advising webpage for more information
Degree Works: Current students should also log on to Degree Works to check student-specific program progress.
Career Services Center: Connect major to a career
Sample Careers: While some careers are focused specifically on writing expertise (professional writing, technical writing, grant writing, literary writing, feature writing, reviewing, publishing, copy-editing, etc.), employers in almost every profession desire people with rhetorical awareness and a range of writing proficiencies. For example, a PWR Minor will benefit project managers, user experience experts, game designers, teachers, medical professionals, engineers - you name it. All of the passions that you take up will almost surely involve some form of writing.
How to Declare (Admission and Declaration Process):
Meet in person or email the Professional Writing and Rhetoric Minor advisor, Nicole Brown, to declare this minor.
Grade Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required for a student’s major or minor courses, and supporting courses for majors and minors.
