Writing Minor
The 21-credit minor in writing is an excellent complement to a degree in any other field. Students in this minor, the largest in the School of Humanities and Sciences, come from all five schools at the College and represent a wide variety of majors.
General Requirements
All writing minors take a first-year academic writing course (WRTG-10600 through WRTG-16500), then, in the sophomore year, Personal Essay and Argument. Four additional courses (or 12 credits) complete the minor. Of these four, two (6 credits) must be at the 300 level. Only two courses at the 100 level may count toward the writing minor.
First-Year Academic Writing
Students must receive a final grade of at least B- (and be evaluated as writing effective) in any one of the following courses to qualify for the writing minor: Academic Writing I, Ithaca Seminar (Writing), Academic Writing II, or Introduction to the Essay.
Other Opportunities
Seniors who qualify may propose independent studies (both expository and creative) or serve as an apprentice to a professor in a first-year writing course. Also, for students with the appropriate preparatory courses, credit-bearing internships are available locally during the academic year. The department also sponsors a credit-bearing summer internship program in writing and publishing at both national and local sites, as well as at the London Center. Internships are in journalism, publishing, public relations, and writing for corporate and non-profit organizations.
For more information, please contact Professor David Flanagan, writing minor coordinator
• 403 Smiddy Hall • Department of Writing • (607) 274-1356 • flanagan@ithaca.edu
Expository
- Grammar and Usage
- Writing for the Workplace
- Technical Writing
- Writing from Cultural Experience
- Writing as a Naturalist
- Public Essay
- Self and the Scholarly Essay
- Syntax and Style*
- Feature Writing
- Magazine Writing
- Writing about Sports
- Writing as a Critic
- Writing for the Professions
- Advanced Technical Writing
- Science Writing
- Proposals, Grants, and Reports
- Special Topics courses
- Composition Theory
- Poetics *
- Writers’ Workshop
- Senior Seminar *
- Apprenticeship
- Internship
- Independent Study
Creative Writing
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Fiction Writing I: Short Story
- Poetry Writing I
- Autobiography
- Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Women and Writing
- Writing Children’s Literature
- Humorous Writing
- Fiction Writing II
- Poetry Writing II
- Writing the Short Novel
- Special Topics courses
- Writers’ Workshop
- Senior Seminar *
- Independent Study
* Writing minors enrolled in these courses may need to file a waiver or substitution form so that the course registers as counting toward the minor.