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Professional Writing

Mount Wachusett Community College · Gardner, MA

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Program
Award
Professional Writing
Catalog edition
2026-27 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Develop excellent writing and communications skills that open doors across any academic or professional field. Courses such as Journalism, Technical Writing, and Creative Writing provide foundational skills, and a range of professional electives allow students to choose from courses like Public Relations, Digital Photography, and Scriptwriting that enhance their academic program and further their individual goals. Students will benefit from hands-on involvement in the college's newspaper while completing a core curriculum used for transfer. This program provides a strong background for students to transfer to a four-year institution or immediately enter professional employment. Students who transfer to a four-year college or university may choose to major in a wide range of disciplines, including writing, English, journalism, the humanities, or the social sciences.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166957
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166957_ca209e15_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Professional Electives

electives · 25 items
  1. ENG 106
    3
  2. ENG 203
    Twentieth Century American Authors
    As published: “Contemporary Literature”
    3
  3. ENG 205
    3
  4. ENG 213
    3
  5. ENG 214
    3
  6. ENG 221
    3
  7. ENG 223
    3
  8. ENG 224
    3
  9. ENG 227
    3
  10. ENG 230
    3
  11. ENG 233
    3
  12. ENG 234
    3
  13. ENG 235
    3
  14. ENG 236
    3
  15. ENG 237
    3
  16. ENG 240
    3
  17. ENG 242
    3
  18. ENG 251
    3
  19. ENG 252
    3
  20. ENG 261
    3
  21. ENG 283
    3
  22. GID 104
    3
  23. GID 109
    3
  24. MRT 110
    3
  25. PHO 115
    3

Culturally Diverse Literature Electives

electives · 9 items
  1. ENG 202
    3
  2. ENG 212
    3
  3. ENG 221
    3
  4. ENG 230
    3
  5. ENG 234
    3
  6. ENG 235
    3
  7. ENG 236
    3
  8. ENG 237
    3
  9. ENG 261
    3

Culturally Diverse Non-behavioral Social Science Electives

electives · 4 items
  1. GEO 129
    3
  2. HIS 105
    3
  3. HIS 106
    3
  4. HIS 125
    3
Source. Mount Wachusett Community College, catalog 2026-27 Catalog — https://catalog.mwcc.edu/associatedegreesandcertificatelistandotheroptions/professionalwritingtrack/. Captured page pages/0165.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.