Requirements: Minor in Business & Technical Writing

Minor Policies:

This minor requires six courses (for a minimum total of 18 credits) in five key skill areas.
Though some courses allow students to gain competency in more than one of these skillset areas, a single course can only count toward ONE of the five parts of this minor's curriculum.
12 of the minor's 18 credits (four of the minor's six courses) must be completed via Writing Program (01:355) courses.
Students cannot receive credit for both Technical Writing Essentials (355:202) and Business Writing Essentials (355:203). Students also cannot receive credit for both Scientific and Technical Writing (355:302) and Writing for Business in the Professions (355:303).
Students must achieve a grade of "C" or above in each of their courses in order to qualify for the minor.

1. Writing Training (6 credits)
Two courses from the list of options below:

Course ID	Course	Credits	School & Subject Code	Core	Semesters Offered (anticipated)
01:351:209	Introduction to Multimedia Composition	3	SAS Creative Writing & Multimedia Composition	AHr	Fall, Spring, Summer
01:351:312	Digital Literary Studies	3	SAS Creative Writing & Multimedia Composition
01:355:202 or 01:355:203	Technical Writing Essentials or Business Writing Essentials	3	SAS Writing Program	WCr	Fall, Spring
01:355:315	Grant Writing	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring
01:355:342	Science Writing	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Spring
01:355:352	Writing as a Naturalist	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall
01:355:355	Writing in the Professions	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring
01:355:365	Technical Editing	3	SAS Writing Program
01:355:375	Collaborative Writing Practices	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring
04:192:315	Professional Writing and Communication	3	SC&I Communication		Fall, Spring
04:192:380	Public Speaking	3	SC&I Communication	WCr	Fall, Spring, Summer
11:374:325	Environmental Communication	3	SEBS Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior
11:374:435	Advanced Communication in the Sciences	3	SEBS Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior

2. Research Practice (3 credits)
One course from the list below.

Course ID	Course	Credits	School & Subject Code	Core	Semesters Offered (anticipated)
01:355:302 or 01:355:303	Scientific & Technical Writing or Writing for Business & Professions	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring, Summer
01:355:312	Writing for Biology	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall
01:355:315	Grant Writing	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring
01:355:322	Writing for Engineers	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring

3. Computer Knowledge (3 credits)
One course from the list of options below:

Course ID	Course	Credits	School & Subject Code	Core	Semesters Offered (anticipated) & notes
01:198:107	Computing for Math and the Sciences	4	SAS Computer Science	QR	Fall, Spring
01:198:110	Principles of Computer Science	3	SAS Computer Science	QR	Fall, Spring
01:198:111	Introduction to Computer Science	4	SAS Computer Science	QQ or QR	Fall, Spring, Summer
01:198:170	Computer Applications for Business	3	SAS Computer Science	QR	Fall, Spring, Summer
04:189:103	Information Technology & Informatics	3	SC&I Communication and Media Studies	CCO	Fall, Spring, Summer (ITI major intro course)
04:547:220	Retrieving and Evaluating Electronic Information	3	SC&I Information Technology and Informatics	CCO	Fall, Spring
14:440:127	Introduction to Computers for Engineers	3	SOE General Engineering

4. Training in Digital Imaging Fundamentals & Multimodal Composition (3 credits)
One course from the list of options below:

Course ID	Course	Credits	School & Subject Code	Core	Semesters Offered (anticipated)
01:351:312	Digital Literary Studies	3	SAS Creative Writing & Multimedia Composition
01:355:375	Collaborative Writing Practices	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Fall, Spring
01:355:410	Composing Graphic Narratives	3	SAS Writing Program	AHr; WCd or WCr	Fall
01:355:415	Information Design	3	SAS Writing Program
01:355:425	Web Authoring	3	SAS Writing Program	WCd or WCr	Spring
11:374:240	Visualizing Information: Storytelling with Data	3	SEBS Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior		Fall

5. Internship Experience (3 credits)

One option from the list of courses below:

Course ID	Course	Credits	School & Subject Code	Semesters Offered (anticipated) & notes
01:355:395	Editing Internship	3	SAS Writing Program	Fall
01:355:396	Academic Conference Planning Internship	3	SAS Writing Program	Spring
01:355:397 or 01:355:398	Writing Internship (self-selected, pre-approved at external site)	3	SAS Writing Program	397 in Fall 398 in Spring

29 Apr 2026;
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Writing Program Faculty Meeting