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Professional Writing
Major/Degree Requirements
Degree Requirements
- Required Core (18 credits)
PRWR 611 - Rhetoric: The Pursuit of Eloquence (3)
PRWR 612 - Rhetorical Grammar (3)
PRWR 613 - Theory of Exposition (3)
PRWR 615 - History and Development of Prose Style
(3)
PRWR 617 - Editing (3)
PRWR 797 - Internship in Professional Writing (3)
- Portfolio
Satisfactory completion of a written master degree portfolio. The
portfolio must be submitted between completion of 12 to 18 units of
degree work, and may be resubmitted once. A second failure results
in dismissal from the program.
- Elective Core (18 units)
In addition to the required core, each student completes an 18-unit
elective program from Writing for the Public and Private Sectors or
Writing in the Professions. Each concentration has a thesis and
non-thesis option.
Writing for the Public and Private Sectors Concentration
- Thesis option:
PRWR 897 - Thesis (6)
and 12 units of electives from the following courses:
PRWR 619 - Communication in the Profit/Nonprofit
Sectors (3)
PRWR 621 - Business Writing (3)
PRWR 623 - Technical and Scientific Writing (3)
PRWR 625 - Design, Layout and Production (3)
PRWR 627 - Modern Rhetoric (3)
PRWR 641 - Theory of Creativity (3)
PRWR 660 - Semiotics for the Professional Writer
(3)
PRWR 670 - Topics in Writing (3)
PRWR 705 - Writing Creative Nonfiction (3)
PRWR 713 - Freelance Writing (3)
PRWR 729 - Corporate Communications Consulting (3)
PRWR 730 - Writing Reviews (3)
PRWR 731 - Science and its Public Audience (3)
PRWR 795 - Independent Study in Writing (3)
- Non-thesis option: Students select 18 credits of
electives from the courses listed above.
Writing in the Professions Concentration
- Thesis option
PRWR 897 - Thesis (6)
And 12 units selected from courses in the specialization.
- Non-thesis option
Students take 18 units in the specialization.
Tracks
- Biomedical Writing (18 units) - in development
PRWR 623 - Technical and Scientific Writing (3)
PRWR 6XX - Introduction to Biomedical Writing (3)
PRWR 6XX - Biomedical Writing for General Audiences
(3)
PRWR 6XX - Ethical Issues in Biomedical Writing (3)
One of the following:
BIOL 6XX - Biostatistics, Data Analysis and
Interpretation (3)
MATH 532 - Mathematical Statistics (3)
One of the following:
IDHP 651/ HLTH 651 - Planning and Marketing Health
in Business and Industry (3)
HLTH 639 - Introduction to Health Behavior and
Health Promotion (3)
PRWR 691 - Research in Professional Writing (3)
PRWR 731 - Science and its Public Audience (3)
- Teaching Writing (18 credits)
Nine to 18 units are selected from the courses listed below. If
fewer than 18 units are selected from these courses, the remaining
credits are chosen from the list of general elective courses at the
end of this section.
Required Courses (consult with teaching writing adviser):
SCED 603 - Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum
(3)
or
SCED 605 - Theory, Research and Practice in
Teaching Composition (6) (by invitation only)
or
SCED 558 - Writing as a Learning Tool in the
Secondary School (3)
Electives:
EDUC 661 - Responding to and Evaluating Writing (3)
EDUC 665 - Practicum in Writing Instruction (3)
EDUC 667 - Writing as Thinking (3)
EDUC 785 - Research in the Teaching of Writing (3)
EDUC 761 - Introduction to Research in Education
(3)
WRIT 633 - Teaching College Composition (3)
Teaching College Writing (18 units)
Nine to 18 credits are selected from the courses listed below. If
fewer than 18 credits are selected from these courses, the remaining
credits are chosen from the list of general elective courses at the
end of this section.
Required Courses
PRWR 621 - Business Writing (3)
or
PRWR 623 - Technical and Scientific Writing (3)
PRWR 633 - Teaching College Composition (3)
PRWR 797 - Internship in College Teaching (3)*
*Or the equivalent. Students who have experience teaching at the
college level or who have other comparable experience may apply to
the MPW director for a waiver of this requirement. Students who wish
additional experience in the classroom may elect to take a
tutoring/observation/teaching practicum before enrolling in
Internship in College Teaching.
Electives
PRWR 627 - Modern Rhetoric (3)
PRWR 641 - Theory of Creativity (3)
PRWR 660 - Semiotics for the Professional Writer
(3)
PRWR 6XX - Language and Ideology (3)
PRWR 6XX - Poetics (3)
PRWR 705 - Writing Creative Nonfiction (3)
Journalistic Writing (18 units)
Nine to 18 semester hours are selected from the courses listed
below.
MCOM 507 - Writing for New Media (3)
MCOM 5xx - Literary Journalism(3)
MCOM 601 - Media Writing (3)
MCOM 603 - Criticism in Mass Media(3)
MCOM 621 - Mass Media Law and Regulations (3)
MCOM 635 - Journalism Ethics(3)
MCOM 651 - Media and Politics(3)
MCOM 670-673 Special Topics in Mass
Communication(3)
MCOM 713 - Freelance Writing (3)
MCOM 715 - Specialized Reporting (3)
MCOM 781 - Internship in Journalism (3)
MCOM 795 - Independent Study in Mass Communication
(3)
MCOM 880 - Graduate Project in Mass Communication
(3)
If fewer than 18 units are selected from these courses, the
remaining units are chosen from the following courses:
PRWR 625 - Design, Layout and Production (3)
PRWR 670-679 Special Topics in Writing (3)
PRWR 705 - Writing Creative Nonfiction (3)
PRWR 713 - Freelance Writing (3)
PRWR 730 - Writing Reviews (3)
PRWR 731 - Science and its Public Audience (3)
Scientific Writing (18 units)
PRWR 623 - Technical and Scientific Writing (3)
And 6 credits from:
PRWR 660 - Semiotics for the Professional Writer
(3)
PRWR 670 - Topics in Writing (3) (when applicable)
PRWR 729 - Corporate Communications Consulting (3)
PRWR 731 - Science and its Public Audience (3)
PRWR 795 - Independent Study in Writing (3)
Nine credits from the following departments: biology, chemistry,
computer science, mathematics, physics or psychology.
The scientific writing specialization does not offer a thesis
option.
Creative Writing (18 units)
Nine to 18 units are selected from the courses listed below. If
fewer than 18 units are selected from these courses, the remaining
units are chosen from the list of elective courses at the end of
this section.
PRWR 641 - Theory of Creativity (3)
PRWR 647 - Writing Poetry (3)
PRWR 651 - Writing Short Fiction (3)
PRWR 653 - Writing the Novel (3)
PRWR 670 - Topics in Writing (3) (when applicable)
PRWR 705 - Writing Creative Nonfiction (3)
PRWR 795 - Independent Study in Writing (3)
PRWR 897- Thesis (6)
Electives:
Up to three of the following courses may be elected by students to
supplement their work in any special application except scientific
writing.
PRWR 619 - Communication in the Profit/Nonprofit
Sectors (3)
PRWR 621 - Business Writing (3)
PRWR 623 - Technical and Scientific Writing (3)
PRWR 625 - Design, Layout and Production of Printed
Matter (3)
PRWR 627 - Modern Rhetoric (3)
PRWR 660 - Semiotics for the Professional Writer
(3)
PRWR 670 - Topics in Writing (3)
PRWR 705 - Writing Creative Nonfiction (3)
PRWR 713 - Freelance Writing (3)
PRWR 729 - Corporate Communications Consulting (3)
PRWR 730 - Writing Reviews (3)
PRWR 731 - Science and its Public Audience (3)
PRWR 795 - Independent Study in Writing (3)
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