The Bachelor of Arts degree in Public and Professional Writing requires 60 semester hours, distributed as follows:
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT - STUDENT SUCCESS | ||
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
| or SS 1500 | Strong Start Success Seminar | |
| or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| General Education Requirements | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| Any GER Math (MATH 2623 or 2623C preferred) | 3-5 | |
| Arts & Humanities (6 s.h.) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (2 courses, 1 with lab) (6-7 s.h.) | 7 | |
| Social Science (6 s.h.) | 6 | |
| Social and Personal Awareness (6 s.h.) | 6 | |
| Foreign Language Requirement | ||
| FNLG 1550 | Elementary Foreign Language (or FNLG 1505) | 4 |
| FNLG 2600 | Intermediate Foreign Language (or FNLG 1506) | 4 |
| I. REQUIRED CORE COURSES (27 s.h.) | ||
| ENGL 3744 | Writing with Data | 3 |
| ENGL 3745 | Writing for Online Media | 3 |
| ENGL 3743 | Introduction to Public, Professional and Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3751 | Rhetoric and Argument | 3 |
| ENGL 3752 | Ethnographic Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4845 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4846 | Visual Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENGL 4849 | Copyediting | 3 |
| ENGL 4899 | Public and Professional Writing Senior Project | 3 |
| II. WRITING AND LANGUAGE STUDY (15 s.h.) | ||
| 15 s.h. of 3000- or 4000-level courses from those listed below, 3 hours of which must be PPW | 15 | |
| PPW | ||
| Nonfiction Narrative Writing | ||
| Writing in the Health Science Professions | ||
| Writing and the Public Sphere | ||
| Public and Professional Writing Internship | ||
| Journalism | ||
| Magazine Publishing | ||
| Editorial and Opinion Writing | ||
| News Content Creation 1 | ||
| News Reporting | ||
| American Media: History, Principles and Practices | ||
| News Reporting 2 | ||
| Communication Law | ||
| Creative Writing | ||
| Fiction Writing Workshop | ||
| Poetry Writing Workshop | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| Linguistics | ||
| Principles of Linguistic Study | ||
| Sociolinguistics | ||
| Advanced Linguistics | ||
| English Grammar | ||
| Selected Topics in Discourse | ||
| Communication Studies | ||
| Intro to Media Relations Campaigns | ||
| Gender Communication | ||
| Interviewing | ||
| Media Analysis | ||
| III. MINOR | ||
| Take any available minor (12 s.h. minimum) | 12-19 | |
| IV. Electives to reach 120 hours | 20 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-131 | |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar or Strong Start Success Seminar or Intro to Honors | 1-2 |
| ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
| FNLG 1550 | Elementary Foreign Language | 4 |
| Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
| Any GER Math (MATH 2623 or MATH 2623C preferred) | 3-5 | |
| Elective 15xx / 26xx | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 17-21 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| FNLG 2600 | Intermediate Foreign Language | 4 |
| Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Social & Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENGL 3743 | Introduction to Public, Professional and Technical Writing (Now: "Intro. to Public, Prof., and Tech Writing") | 3 |
| ENGL 3744 | Writing with Data (Now: "Writing from Data") | 3 |
| Minor course (1 of 6) | 3 | |
| Writing and Language Study (1 of 5) | 3 | |
| Natural Science | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 3745 | Writing for Online Media (Now: "Writing for Online Media") | 3 |
| ENGL 3751 | Rhetoric and Argument (Now: "Rhetoric and Argument") | 3 |
| Minor course (2 of 6) | 3 | |
| Natural Science (Lab) | 4 | |
| Elective 15xx/26xx | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENGL 4846 | Visual Rhetoric | 3 |
| Writing and Language Study (2 of 5) | 3 | |
| Minor course (3 of 6) | 3 | |
| Arts & Humanities | 3 | |
| Social & Personal Awareness | ||
| Semester Hours | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 3752 | Ethnographic Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 4849 | Copyediting (Now: "Copyediting") | 3 |
| Writing and Language Study (3 of 5) | 3 | |
| Minor course (4 of 6) | 3 | |
| Elective 15xx/26xx | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENGL 4845 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| Writing and Language Study (4 of 5) | 3 | |
| Minor Course (5 of 6) | 3 | |
| Elective (15xx/26xx) | 3 | |
| Elective (37xx/48xx) | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 4899 | Public and Professional Writing Senior Project (Now: "Public and Professional Writing Senior Project") | 3 |
| Writing and Language Study (5 of 5) | 3 | |
| Minor course (6 of 6) | 3 | |
| Elective 15xx/26xx | 3 | |
| Elective 37xx/48xx | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 121-125 | |
Upper-division hours = 48
Learning Outcomes
The English Department has established the following learning outcomes for students completing the professional and technical writing major:
- PPW majors will WRITE documents to meet the demands, purpose, and interests of a specific client and audience.
- PPW majors will DESIGN documents to meet the demands, purpose, and interests of a specific client and audience.
- PPW majors will REFLECT on and REVISE their documents’ writing and design using concrete criteria set by a specific client and audience.
- PPW majors will DELIVER ORAL PRESENTATIONS of their documents’ writing and design using professionally designed visual aid.