Writing Minor
Also available via Ecampus.
The School of Writing, Literature, and Film offers a Writing Minor that is distinctive and flexible. Coursework toward a the Writing Minor may be taken on-campus or through Ecampus, or with a combination of on-campus and Ecampus courses. Writing minors may also participate in on-campus and off-campus internships for credit.
A distinctive feature of the Writing Minor at OSU (Ecampus and on-campus) is that courses are taught by writing specialists (including tenure-line faculty) in the areas of creative writing and scientific, technical and professional writing. The minor is flexible: you may elect to take courses that highlight your strengths and areas of interest within the writing field, prepare for applications in graduate writing programs (such as MFA in creative writing or professional/technical communication), and enhance communication skills for the workplace.
Some students with aspirations for graduate, law or medical school studies pursue the Writing Minor to better enable themselves to write more proficiently at higher academic levels, where work is more rigorous and written output is expected to be of a very high level. Others engage in the Writing Minor for the pure joy of expressing themselves, and working with ideas and words.
Many students in the writing minor publish works in student publications on campus and in external publications.
Minor Code: 891
Students must receive a grade of C– or better in any course applied toward the minor. Such courses cannot be taken with S/U grading.
The Writing minor requires a minimum of 27 credits, as follows: a minimum of 11 credits from 100- to 300-level writing courses, plus a minimum of 12 credits from 400-level upper-division writing courses, plus one elective upper-division (300/400) 4-credit course in writing or literature.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Part A. 100- to 300-level writing courses | ||
| Select a minimum of 11 credits from the following with at least one course at the 300 level: | 11 | |
| SPECIAL STUDIES | ||
| *WRITING FOR MEDIA | ||
| *WRITING IN BUSINESS | ||
| *ENGLISH COMPOSITION | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FICTION AND CREATIVE NONFICTION | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO NONFICTION WRITING | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING | ||
| *WRITING FOR THE WEB | ||
| *ENGLISH COMPOSITION | ||
| *SHORT STORY WRITING | ||
| *TECHNICAL WRITING | ||
| WRITING FOR LAW AND LAW SCHOOL | ||
| *UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR | ||
| CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING | ||
| *POETRY WRITING | ||
| *SCIENCE WRITING | ||
| FOOD WRITING | ||
| Part B. 400-level upper-division writing courses | ||
| Select a minimum of 12 credits from the following: | 12 | |
| INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH | ||
| PROJECTS | ||
| SEMINAR | ||
| WORKSHOP | ||
| ^THE TEACHING OF WRITING | ||
| ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED COMPOSITION | ||
| STUDIES IN WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED FICTION WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED POETRY WRITING | ||
| MAGAZINE ARTICLE WRITING | ||
| CRITICAL REVIEWING | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING | ||
| ^THE RHETORICAL TRADITION AND THE TEACHING OF WRITING | ||
| ^INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES | ||
| DIGITAL LITERACY AND CULTURE | ||
| Part C. Electives | ||
| Select one upper-division 4-credit course in film, literature, or writing from the following which does not duplicate any course used in Parts A or B: | 4 | |
| Film Electives | ||
| ^STUDIES IN FILM | ||
| Literature Electives | ||
| ^STUDIES IN BRITISH PROSE | ||
| *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: BEGINNINGS TO CHOPIN | ||
| *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: MODERNIST PERIOD | ||
| *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: POST-WORLD WAR II | ||
| *STUDIES IN PAGE, STAGE, AND SCREEN | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| *AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| *MODERN SHORT STORY | ||
| A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART I | ||
| A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART II | ||
| A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART III | ||
| STUDIES IN BRITISH THEATER AND SOCIETY | ||
| *POWER AND REPRESENTATION | ||
| THE ENGLISH NOVEL: VICTORIAN PERIOD | ||
| *STUDIES IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN CHAUCER | ||
| STUDIES IN EARLY MODERN LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | ||
| STUDIES IN ROMANTICISM | ||
| STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE | ||
| STUDIES IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN MODERNISM | ||
| STUDIES IN MODERN IRISH LITERATURE | ||
| ^STUDIES IN NONFICTION | ||
| STUDIES IN SHORT FICTION | ||
| MAJOR AUTHORS | ||
| STUDIES IN DRAMA | ||
| STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | ||
| ^STUDIES IN POETRY | ||
| STUDIES IN CRITICISM | ||
| STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY | ||
| STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ^STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY | ||
| WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE | ||
| HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S VOICES | ||
| WOMEN AND LITERATURE | ||
| SELECTED TOPICS | ||
| Writing Electives | ||
| *SHORT STORY WRITING | ||
| *POETRY WRITING | ||
| FOOD WRITING | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||
| THESIS | ||
| WRITING AND CONFERENCE | ||
| READING AND CONFERENCE | ||
| PROJECTS | ||
| SEMINAR | ||
| WORKSHOP | ||
| ^THE TEACHING OF WRITING | ||
| ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED COMPOSITION | ||
| STUDIES IN WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED FICTION WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED POETRY WRITING | ||
| MAGAZINE ARTICLE WRITING | ||
| CRITICAL REVIEWING | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING | ||
| ^THE RHETORICAL TRADITION AND THE TEACHING OF WRITING | ||
| ^INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) |
| ^ | Writing Intensive Course (WIC) |
Minor Code: 891