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Program checklist · Minor

Professional Writing

Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA

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Program
Award
Minor
Credits (computed from items)
267
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
211440
CourseShelf checklist
CK_211440_be205a57
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Required Course (1 course)9 units

1 item
  1. 76-270
    Writing for the Professions
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 76-271 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing
    9

Core Writing Courses (2 courses)18 units

major core · 4 items
  1. 76-212
    Introduction to TV Writing
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 76-260 Introduction to Writing Fiction
    or: 76-261 Intro to Writing Creative Nonfiction
    or: 76-265 Introduction to Writing Poetry
    or: 76-269 Introduction to Screenwriting
    9
  2. 76-373
    Argument
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  3. 76-389
    Rhetorical Grammar
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  4. 76-390
    Style
    Not resolved to a course
    9

300- or 400-Level Writing Courses (2 courses)18 units

25 items
  1. 76-306
    Editing and Publishing(requires instructor permission)
    Not resolved to a course
    Var.
  2. 76-314
    Data Stories
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  3. 76-318
    Communicating in the Global Marketplace
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  4. 76-325
    Intertextuality
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  5. 76-354
    Watchdog Journalism
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  6. 76-366
    Grant and Proposal Writing
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  7. 76-368
    Role Playing Game Writing Workshop
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  8. 76-372
    News Writing
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  9. 76-375
    Emerging Technologies in Writing
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  10. 76-384
    Race, Nation, and the Enemy
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  11. 76-388
    Coding for Humanists
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  12. 76-391
    Document & Information Design
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  13. 76-395
    Science Writing
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  14. 76-415
    Mediated Power and Propaganda
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  15. 76-425
    Rhetoric, Science, and the Public Sphere
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  16. 76-464
    Creative Nonfiction Workshop
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  17. 76-473
    Rhetoric & the Construction of Race
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  18. 76-474
    Software Documentation
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  19. 76-475
    Law, Performance, and Identity
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  20. 76-476
    Rhetoric of Science
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  21. 76-481
    Introduction to Multimedia Design
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  22. 76-483
    Research Methods in Technical & Professional Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  23. 76-487
    Information Architecture & Content StrategyCo-requisite course: 76-488 Information Architecture & Content Strategy Lab (3 units)
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  24. 76-492
    Rhetoric of Public Policy
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  25. 76-494
    Healthcare Communications
    Not resolved to a course
    9
Source. Carnegie Mellon University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu/schools-colleges/dietrichcollegeofhumanitiesandsocialsciences/departmentofenglish/professional-writing-minor/. Captured page pages/0153.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.