Here are some answers to frequently asked questions that may be helpful to you.<\/p>\n
For more information about changing your major or minor, please reach out to your academic advisor, PW co-directors Dr. Emily Legg & Dr. Heidi McKee, or contact the English Department directly.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Emily Legg, Co-Director of Professional Writing<\/span> Dr. Heidi McKee, Co-Director of Professional Writing<\/span> There are no additional admission requirements for this program. The curriculum is flexible, and it is possible to start the major as late as junior year.<\/span><\/p>\n For details on the PW curriculum, please see the the current Miami Bulletin 2023-2024<\/a> To see what courses are being offered each semester, you can visit Miami\u2019s course list page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n As a Professional Writing major, you have a wide range of course choices in rhetoric, editing\/publishing, digital media, technical communication, public writing, etc. In addition to Professional Writing courses, you can also take courses from other programs, including Creative Writing, Interactive Media Studies, Journalism, Linguistics, Literature, Media and Culture, and Strategic Communication.<\/span><\/p>\n Please see the Miami Bulletin\u00a0 2023-2024<\/a>\u00a0on the English Department’s PW site. Within the PW major, you may not \u201cdouble-dip\u201d a course as both a track-elective and an open-elective. For example, if you take ENG 222: Rhetoric of Information and Data Visualization, the course can either<\/i><\/b> be used as a track elective or<\/i><\/b> as an open elective but<\/i><\/b> it cannot be used for both at once.<\/span><\/p>\n You work with your PW advisor to select a track. It is easy too to change your track. Your DAR (Degree Audit Requirement) may not immediately reflect your track choice; however, don\u2019t worry. Your advisor and the Chief Departmental Advisor for the English Department will make sure that your DAR aligns with your track selection.<\/span><\/p>\n No, your track selection does not appear on either your transcript or your diploma. Most PW majors choose, however, to list their track selection on their resumes to show their area of specialization.<\/span><\/p>\n You could, but that wouldn\u2019t be very descriptive for potential employers or graduate school admission committees. Your advisor will work with you to ensure that your self-designed track has a specific focus and a self-named title. For example, a PW major who minored in the College of Creative Arts, who held an internship writing for a museum, and who took classes focused on public writing\u2014such as Grant Writing\u2014called her self-designed track \u201cWriting for the Arts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Each year the Department of English has a number of prizes and scholarships to award to majors. The scholarships are, with one exception, open to majors in English-Literature, English-Creative Writing, Professional Writing, and Linguistics.<\/p>\n To find out which prizes and scholarships are applicable to Professional Writing majors, and for more information about application deadlines and requirements, please visit the\u00a0English Department website.<\/p>\n The Mary Jo Priest Award<\/a> is one prize specifically for Professional Writing majors.<\/p>\n Please see the Career and Placement<\/a> page on this site.<\/p>\n Yes! Many courses in the Professional Writing major involve partnering with community organizations to research and write print and digital communications.\u00a0 Please see Community Projects.<\/a> For example, recently PW majors (and Rhetoric and Writing minors) created a web site for Reily Township, photos and an article available here:<\/p>\n Reily Township launches student-created website developed through Miami community collaboration<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Yes, you may enroll in both ENG 415 and ENG 495R, but it is only required that you complete one. (If you do enroll in both, one may count as an open elective.)<\/p>\n Both courses help prepare you to be a strong writer and communicator. Each semester the specific projects and foci in 415 and 495 change, but in general here are the differences in the classes.<\/p>\n ENG 415 focuses on content and content strategy development. In ENG 415 students always complete a client-\/community-project, creating content and content strategy for a local non-profit organization, such as writing a brochure, creating videos and posts for social media, or designing and writing for a website. ENG 495R focuses on rhetorical theory and argument. In 495R students analyze and write for public discourse or political rhetoric or the rhetorics of social movements, for example. Sometimes 495R has a client-\/community-partner, but more often the writing is academic-focused or public-focused writing.<\/p>\n Each semester course descriptions are sent out on the PW email listserv about the specific foci of each section, so be sure to discuss with your advisor which capstone course aligns best with your academic and professional goals.<\/p>\n For more information, please contact:<\/p>\n Dr. Emily Legg, Co-Director of Professional Writing<\/span> Dr. Heidi McKee, Co-Director of Professional Writing<\/span> Here are some answers to frequently asked questions that may be helpful to you. How do I change my major or minor to Professional Writing? 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\nEnglish@MiamiOH.edu<\/a><\/p>\nWhat are the special admission requirements, if any?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
What courses do I take in the PW major? \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
What is the difference between the different tracks?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\nCan I \u201cdouble-dip\u201d track electives within the major?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
How do I declare a track, and does that appear in my DAR?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
Does my track selection appear on my transcript or my diploma?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
I have selected a \u201cself-designed\u201d track. Do I just put \u201cself-designed\u201d on my resume?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
Are there any prizes or scholarships given specifically to PW majors?<\/span> <\/b><\/h4>\n
What kind of professional careers do PW majors typically pursue?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
Will I have opportunities in courses to work with client-based and community-based projects?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
Professional Writing has two capstones: ENG 415 Capstone in Professional Writing and ENG 495R Capstone in Rhetoric and Writing? May I take both if I wish? How do I choose which one to take if I take just one?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
Whom may I contact for more information?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
\nleggem@MiamiOH.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
\nmckeeha@MiamiOH.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"