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Program checklist · Minor

Professional Writing

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

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Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Advanced knowledge of professional writing helps learners in all disciplines become better prepared to write successfully in professional environments. This minor complements any major, as professional writing skills are necessary in many upper-level courses and highly valued in most professions. Students are encouraged to complete an experientially-based project under a Program in Writing and Rhetoric faculty member’s mentorship.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_3653a4e0
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Minor Requirements

0 items

    Required Courses

    4 items
    1. WRT 102
      Intermediate Writing Workshop 3 credits,
      Not resolved to a course
    2. WRT 200
      The Rhetoric of Grammar and Style 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. WRT 201
      Principles of Professional Writing 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. WRT 304
      Writing for Your Profession 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course

    Elective Courses (choose any three)

    18 items
    1. WRT 300
      Theories and Methods in Rhetoric and Writing 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. WRT 301
      Writing in the Disciplines: Special Topics 3 credits when offered with topic “Technical Communications”
      Not resolved to a course
    3. WRT 302
      Critical Writing Seminar: Special Topics 3 credits when offered with a relevant topic, such as “Writing for the Social Sciences,” “Writing for the New Media,” “Communicating Across Cultures and Contexts,” “Rhetoric and Culture,” “Visual Rhetoric”, “Global Literacies,” “Feminist Rhetorics,” “Fiction Writing,” “Creative Nonfiction,” “Playwriting,” and “Practice of Editing and Publishing”
      Not resolved to a course
    4. WRT 303
      The Personal Essay 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. WRT 305
      Writing for the Health Professions 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    6. WRT 306
      Tutor Training 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. WRT 307
      Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    8. WRT 319
      Nonprofit Business Writing 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    9. WRT 320
      Rhetoric and Culture 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. WRT 321
      Writing for Social Justice 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    11. WRT 375
      Technical Communication 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    12. WRT 376
      Digital Rhetorics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    13. WRT 377
      Special Topics in Digital Writing 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    14. WRT 380
      Advanced Research Writing: Theories, Methods, Practices 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    15. WRT 381
      Advanced Analytic and Argumentative Writing 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    16. WRT 382
      Grant Writing 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    17. WRT 487
      Independent Project 0-6 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    18. WRT 488
      Internship 0-6 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    Source. Stony Brook University, catalog Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.stonybrook.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1525&returnto=1136. Captured page pages/0336.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.