About the Program
English Department
Ketchum Hall 213
(716) 878-5416
english.buffalostate.edu/
The writing minor offers students an opportunity to design a writing program that coincides with their major and/or their career plans. Writing is perhaps the single most important skill students can develop, and the writing minor gives interested students a wide degree of flexibility in designing a program that increases that skill. It should appeal to English majors, communication majors, and students in applied or professional areas seeking a strong writing component in their studies.
Students design their program with the coordinator of the Writing major, the English Department chair, or the Communication Department chair. Students can focus their minor program on creative, journalistic, or technical writing, or they can take a combination of courses from these different areas.
Admission Requirements
Any matriculated student in good academic standing may declare this program.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. demonstrate the ability to produce effective, final texts in multiple genres
2. demonstrate a knowledge of the publishing industry and professional writing world
3. participate in professional writing activities
Program Requirements
Required Courses (3 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
ENG201 THE CRAFT OF WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
Electives (15 credit hours)
Select 15 credit hours; 12 credit hours must be upper-division:
Earn at least 15 credits from the following:
ENG170 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG171 PORTRAIT MAGAZINE EDITING AND PRODUCTION | 1 - Credit Hours
ENG245 WRITING ABOUT THE ARTS | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG247 NATURE WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG266 WRITING THE PERSONAL ESSAY, MEMOIR, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG300 WRITING FOR THE PROFESSIONS | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG302 TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG305 CREATIVE WRITING: NARRATIVE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG306 CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG325 CREATIVE NON-FICTION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG327 EDITING AND PUBLISHING ELM LEAVES JOURNAL | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG340 PLAYWRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
OR THA340 PLAYWRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG340 PLAYWRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG403 ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG409 WRITING GRANTS AND PROPOSALS | 3 - Credit Hours
COM210 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
COM303 WRITING FOR PRINT AND ONLINE JOURNALISM | 3 - Credit Hours
COM304 WRITING FOR BROADCAST (TV, RADIO, FILM) | 3 - Credit Hours
COM308 PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
COM325 FEATURE WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
COM390 SPECIAL TOPICS: JOURNALISTIC WRITING | 3 - Credit Hours
HUM200 INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC | 3 - Credit Hours
COM 390 may be repeated with a different title as topics vary. ENG 171, ENG 305 and ENG 306 also may be repeated for credit.
18 Total Credit Hours