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Professional Writing Option For Rhetoric Majors

Requirements:

Students who wish to major in professional writing may enroll in the Professional Writing Option of the undergraduate Rhetoric Major. Requirements for the Rhetoric Major’s Professional Writing Option can be found at:

http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/programs/RHET/p_RHET.shtml

Students choosing the Professional Writing Option should arrange to meet with the Director of PPW.

Recommended Minors:

LIS Minor in Information and Technology Studies
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/degrees/undergrad.html

Recommended Elective Courses:

ARTGD 120: Visual Organization
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/ARTGD120.html

ARTGD 140: Typography
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/ARTGD140.html

ARNM 331: Image Studio
http://www2.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/ARNM331.html

ADV 281: Introduction to Advertising
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/ADV281.html

JOURN 150: Introduction to Journalism
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/JOURN150.html

JOURN 350: Reporting I
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/JOURN350.html
(Prerequisite: JOURN 150)

JOURN 360: Graphic Arts
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/JOURN360.html
(Requires consent of department)

LIS 220: The Design of Usable Information Interfaces
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/LIS220.html

LIS 250: Special Topics in Information Science
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/LIS250.html

LIS 329: Information Storage and Retrieval
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/LIS329.html

SPCOM 211: Business and Professional Speaking
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/SPCOM211.html

SPCOM 221: Persuasion

SPCOM 210: The Rhetorical Tradition
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/SPCOM210.html

SPCOM 220. Verbal Communication for Business and the Professions
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/SPCOM220.html

SPCOM 323: Rhetorical Criticism
http://www.uiuc.edu/admin_manual/Courses/C_D/latest/SPCOM323.html