Writing Minor

Degree Requirements

Required Courses – 21 hours

6 hours upper level at UMHB

COMM 2360	Introduction to Media Writing	3
WRIT 3343	Advanced Composition	3
WRIT 4343	Advanced Rhetoric	3
WRIT 4392	Publications Workshop	3
WRIT 4344	Prosody	3
	or
COMM 3340	Screenwriting	3

Plus 6 hours from the following:

WRIT 4344	Prosody	3
	or
COMM 3340	Screenwriting	3
WRIT 3341	Creative Writing	3
	or
WRIT 3342	Advanced Grammar	3
BADM 2312	Communicating in Business	3
COMM 2330	Copy Editing	3
COMM 3365	Advanced Media Writing and Design	3
COMM 3375	Magazine Non-Fiction & Newspaper Feature Writing	3

COMM 3340 and WRIT 4344: Cannot fulfill both an elective and a required choice; select whichever course was not taken for the required courses.

WRIT 3341 and WRIT 3342: Cannot fulfill both a major choice and a minor choice; select whichever course was not taken for the English major. 

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

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