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Program checklist · Professional Writing Major

Professional Writing Major

Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Professional Writing Major
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The goal of the Professional Writing program is to prepare professionals to communicate scientific or technical content to a variety of specialized and non-specialized audiences in useful and accessible ways.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
168421
CourseShelf checklist
CK_168421_fbd9fcda
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Breadcrumb

3 items
  1. WR 1010
    1/3
  2. WR 1011
    Writing About Science & Technology 1/3
    As published: “Writing About Science & Technology”
    1/3
  3. WR 1020
    Introduction to Rhetoric 1/3
    As published: “Introduction to Rhetoric”
    1/3

Breadcrumb

10 items
  1. IMGD 2450/WR 2450
    Narrative Design for Interactive Media and Games
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  2. WR 2010
    Elements of Style 1/3
    As published: “Elements of Style”
    1/3
  3. WR 2020
    1/3
  4. WR 2111
    Designing Effective and Ethical Research Studies 1/3
    As published: “Designing Effective and Ethical Research Studies”
    1/3
  5. WR 2200/IMGD 2200
    AI in Writing and Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  6. WR 2210
    Business Writing and Communication 1/3
    As published: “Business Writing and Communication”
    1/3
  7. WR 2300
    Intercultural Communication 1/3
    As published: “Intercultural Communication”
    1/3
  8. WR 2310
    Visual Rhetoric 1/3
    As published: “Visual Rhetoric”
    1/3
  9. WR 2410/EN 2410
    Screenwriting
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  10. WR 2500
    1/3

Breadcrumb

5 items
  1. IMGD 3450/WR 3450
    Writing Characters for Interactive Media & Games
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  2. WR 3011
    1/3
  3. WR 3112
    1/3
  4. WR 3210
    Technical Writing 1/3
    As published: “Technical Writing”
    1/3
  5. WR 3214
    1/3

Breadcrumb

2 items
  1. WR 4210
    1/3
  2. WR 4500
    1/3

Breadcrumb

10 items
  1. AR 3150/ID 3150
    Light, Vision and Understanding
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  2. CS 3041
    1/3
  3. CS 3043/SS 3043
    Social Implications of Information Processing
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  4. EN 2252
    1/3
  5. GOV 2302
    Science-Technology Policy 1/3
    As published: “Science-Technology Policy”
    1/3
  6. HI 3331
    1/3
  7. HI 3333
    Topics in American Technological Development 1/3
    As published: “Topics in American Technological Development”
    1/3
  8. HI 3334
    1/3
  9. IMGD 2000
    1/3
  10. PSY 2406
    1/3

Breadcrumb

6 items
  1. PY 2711
    1/3
  2. PY 2713
    1/3
  3. PY 2716/RE 2716
    Gender, Race, and Class
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  4. PY 2717
    1/3
  5. PY 2718
    1/3
  6. PY 2731/RE 2731
    Ethics
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3

Breadcrumb

31 items
  1. AB 1531
    1/3
  2. AB 1532
    1/3
  3. AB 1533
    1/3
  4. AB 1600
    1/3
  5. AB 2531
    1/3
  6. AB 2532
    1/3
  7. AB 2533
    1/3
  8. CN 1541
    1/3
  9. CN 1542
    Elementary Chinese II 1/3
    As published: “Elementary Chinese II”
    1/3
  10. CN 1543
    Elementary Chinese III 1/3
    As published: “Elementary Chinese III”
    1/3
  11. CN 2541
    1/3
  12. CN 2542
    1/3
  13. CN 2543
    Intermediate Chinese III 1/3
    As published: “Intermediate Chinese III”
    1/3
  14. CN 2544
    1/3
  15. CN 3541
    1/3
  16. CN 3542
    1/3
  17. CN 3543
    1/3
  18. CN 3561
    1/3
  19. CN 3571
    1/3
  20. GN 1511
    1/3
  21. GN 1512
    1/3
  22. GN 2511
    1/3
  23. GN 2512
    Intermediate German II: Pasts, Presents, and Futures of the 1/3
    As published: “Intermediate German II: Pasts, Presents, and Futures of the German-Speaking World”
    1/3
  24. GN 3511
    1/3
  25. GN 3512
    Advanced German II: National Identities and Stories 1/3
    As published: “Advanced German II: National Identities and Stories”
    1/3
  26. SP 1523
    1/3
  27. SP 1524
    1/3
  28. SP 2521
    1/3
  29. SP 2522
    1/3
  30. SP 3521
    Advanced Spanish I: Exploring Complex Language and Culture 1/3
    As published: “Advanced Spanish I: Exploring Complex Language and Culture”
    1/3
  31. SP 3522
    1/3

Breadcrumb

8 items
  1. BUS 2080
    Data Analysis for Decision Making 1/3
    As published: “Data Analysis for Decision Making”
    1/3
  2. MIS 3010
    Creating Value Through Innovation 1/3
    As published: “Creating Value Through Innovation”
    1/3
  3. MIS 3720
    Business Data Management 1/3
    As published: “Business Data Management”
    1/3
  4. MIS 3787
    1/3
  5. MKT 4030
    1/3
  6. OBC 3354
    1/3
  7. OBC 4367
    1/3
  8. OIE 3420
    1/3
Source. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, catalog Catalog 2026-2027 — https://wpi.cleancatalog.net/humanities-arts/professional-writing-major. Captured page pages/0815.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.