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(New Requirements Effective in Fall 2016)
Eastern’s minor in writing allows students to explore writing – from the imaginative to the persuasive, from fiction to political blogs, from graphic novels to video essays – as both writers and critics. Given the importance of clear written and multimodal communication in nearly every profession, the writing minor is an ideal complement to any major. The variety of courses in which writing is the subject of study enables students to develop their particular interests and goals, whether in creative writing, rhetoric, business writing, editing and publishing, or any combination of these.
The Writing Minor consists of 18 credits. (See “Course Options” below.) For English majors, 9 of the 18 credits must be earned in addition to the 39 needed to fulfill the English major requirement. Thus, an English major with a Writing Minor will be required to complete 48 total credits in English beyond the LAC. (Note: under the old major, English majors with a writing minor will need to compete the 42 credit major and an additional 9 credits, for a total of 51 credits.)
Only three credits of Internship credit (in ENG 491, 492, 493, or 495) may be counted toward the Writing Minor.
Courses to be counted must receive a grade of C or higher.
Approval of a course of study for the Writing Minor program by the English Department chairperson is required.