Minor in Professional Writing
18 credits, effective for minors declared after September 1, 2008.
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Required (3):
ENG 212: Persuasive and Analytical Writing
ENG 317: Business & Technical Writing OR
PAA 390: Technical Writing and Communication in Public Service
ENG 415 / 515: Reports and Proposals (new course, replacing discontinued 417)
Choice of Three Other Courses:
ENG 416 / 516: Technical Editing (new course)
ENG 309: Writing Creative Nonfiction
ENG 395: English Internship
ENG 418 / 5XX: Topics in Professional Writing (may be repeated when topics vary)
ENG 496 / 5XX: Field Experience in Professional Writing
NMD 206: Project Design laboratory
CMJ 236: Writing for the Mass Media
Business, technical and professional writing is the kind of writing that people use in their professional workplaces. The Department of English at the University of Maine, Orono, offers introductory and advanced courses in business, technical and professional writing; in addition, we offer a field experience course that places students in sponsored workplaces.
Concentration in Professional Writing (open to English majors only).
