BA, English > Writing Programs
THE WRITING PROGRAMS [27 credits]
Writing well isn't easy. It requires creativity and commitment, inspiration and professionalism, voice and vision, passion and technique (as well as procrastination, rituals, and revision, revision, revision!). The Writing Programs offer practical strategies that help students develop an understanding and appreciation of the structural and aesthetic principles of writing as well as the ability to analyze how writing works. Students in The Writing Programs specialize in professional, creative, or technical writing. The professional writing specialization prepares students for careers that involve writing and editing publicity materials, newsletters, brochures, and magazines. The creative writing specialization prepares students for lives as writers, editors, and publishers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The technical writing specialization prepares students for positions in which they willll write and edit technical proposals and manuals, software documentation, and articles and journals on technical subjects. Students in all three specializations develop writing and editorial skills that are adaptable to different audiences and media. The program does not promise to make writing easier; but it does promise to make graduates more confident, resourceful, and versatile writers. English majors specializing in writing take the following courses.
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS [9 Credits]
- IDIS 300 Ideas in Writing [3]
- IDIS 302 Ethical Issues in Business and Society [3]
- Choose One [3]
ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS [36 credits total]
English Core requirements [9 credits]
- Choose One: [3]
- Period & Context Course–Choose one [3]
- ENGL 311 Wells of the Past
- ENGL 342 Melville, Poe, & Whitman
- ENGL 361 The Hero & the Quest
- ENGL 362 Dante, Chaucer, & Cervantes
- ENGL 366 Milton, Blake, & Yeats
- ENGL 374 Austen, The Brontes, & Woolf
- ENGL 400 Literature in Society
- ENGL 421 The Elizabethan Renaissance
- ENGL 431 The Metaphysical Moment
- ENGL 432 The Age of Reason
- ENGL 441 The Romantic Imagination
- ENGL 442 The Victorian Paradox
- ENGL 450 The Great Moderns
Writing Specialization [6 credits]
All students take the following two courses, regardless of their area of emphasis.
Area of Emphasis (Choose one) [12 credits]
Professional Writing
- CMAT 350 Computer Graphics
- WRIT 330 Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- WRIT 407 Internship in Professional Writing
- WRIT 430 Copyediting and Document Design
Creative Writing
- ENGL 320 Contemporary Literature
- WRIT 401 Publication and Performance
- Select two of the following courses:
Technical Writing
- WRIT 313 Writing for Information Systems
- WRIT 430 Copyediting and Document Design
- CMAT 350 Computer Graphics
- CMAT 455 Hypermedia
Writing Electives [6 credits]
Select six credits from all300/400-level WRIT courses.Divisional Electives [3 credits]
Select nine (9) credits from all 300/400-level courses in CMAT, ENGL, and WRIT.General Electives
- Students need a minimum of 120 total credits to graduate. Students transferring to UB with 60 credits will need 15 credits of general electives from anywhere in the university. Students transferring fewer or more credits will adjust this number accordingly.
For more information, contact:
- Dr. Virginia Carruthers
410-837-6027
vcarruthers@ubalt.edu
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