Writing Minor

Degree Requirements

Required Courses – 24 hours

6 hours upper level at UMHB

WRIT 3343	Advanced Composition	3
WRIT 4343	Advanced Rhetoric	3
COMM 2360	Intro to Journalism	3
WRIT 4344	Prosody	3
COMM 3340	Screenwriting	3
	or
COMM 3375	Mag Non-Fic & Newspaper Feat Writ	3

12 hours from the following:

WRIT 4344	Prosody	3
	or
COMM 3340	Screenwriting	3
WRIT 3341	Creative Writing	3
WRIT 3342	Advanced Grammar	3
WRIT 4191-4491	Seminar
WRIT 4192-4492	Publication Workshop
BADM 2312	Communicating in Business	3
COMM 3365	Advanced Journalism	3
COMM 3375	Mag Non-Fic & Newspaper Feat Writ	3
COMM 4195	Intern:Print Communication	1
COMM 4197	Intern:Public Relations	1

COMM 3340 and WRIT 4344: Cannot fulfill both an elective and required choice.

Students must earn a “C” or better for courses in this minor.

Students majoring in English may not use the same course(s) to satisfy the requirements of both the English major and the Writing minor. Courses in the WRIT prefix are English courses designated for the Writing minor. Students must meet all prerequisites for all courses.