Professional Writing BA Honours
Honours Degree Overview: Four Years
Here is an easy-to-follow model of how to navigate your Professional Writing Program requirements from year 1 Basics to year 3 Experiential Capstones. We have also provided recommended and related electives to complement each keystone/capstone category to ensure you get the most out of your Professional Writing Program experience.
The Basics (9.00 credits)
Learn the fundamentals of professional writing and research.
- PRWR 1003 6.00 Professional Writing: An Introduction
- PRWR 1004 3.00 Research for Professional Writers
The Theory (15.00 credits)
Develop the conceptual and ethical frameworks necessary to understand and respond to present-day professional writing issues.
- PRWR 2003 3.00 Genres for Professional Writers
- PRWR 2004 3.00 Writing in Digital Cultures
- PRWR 2006 3.00 Fundamentals of Editing
- PRWR 2007 3.00 Rhetoric: Strategy and Application
- PRWR 2008 3.00 Ethics for Professional Writers
The Keystones
Choose two that correspond to your desired Capstone (6.00 credits) + 6.00 3000-level Program elective credits.
Digital
Required: PRWR 3001 3.00 Intermediate
Suggested Electives
- PRWR 3012 3.00 Writing, Creating, & Thinking with Code
- PRWR 3810 3.00 Technical Writing for Information Design
- PRWR 3910 3.00 Principles of Style & Design
Periodicals
Required: PRWR 3002 6.00 Periodical Writing & Publishing
Suggested Electives
- PRWR 3011 3.00 Reading the News
- PRWR 3013 3.00 Race and Culture in Professional Writing
- PRWR 3730 3.00 Substantive Editing
- PRWR 3910 3.00 Principles of Style & Design
Organizational
Required: PRWR 3003 3.00 Corporate/ Organizational Writing
Suggested Electives
- PRWR 3010 3.00 Practical Studies in Damage Control
- PRWR 3013 3.00 Race and Culture in Professional Writing
- PRWR 3730 3.00 Substantive Editing
- PRWR 3810 3.00 Technical Writing for Information Design
Publishing
Required: PRWR 3004 3.00 Books and Bookmaking in the 21st Century
Suggested Electives
- PRWR 3013 3.00 Race and Culture in Professional Writing
- PRWR 3015 3.00 Materiality of the Word
- PRWR 3730 3.00 Substantive Editing
- PRWR 3910 3.00 Principles of Style & Design
The Capstones
Choose two, corresponding to Keystones (12.00 credits)
Program Electives – Added Value Free Choice Program Credits (33.00 credits)
Digital
Required: PRWR 4001 6.00 Digital Authoring Practicum
Periodicals
Required: PRWR 4002 6.00 Periodical Writing & Publishing Practicum
Organizational
Required: PRWR 4003 6.00 Organizational Writing Practicum
Publishing
Required: PRWR 4004 6.00 Book Publishing Practicum
More Options
Digital
- PRWR 3011 3.00 Reading the News
- PRWR 3015 3.00 Materiality of the Word
- PRWR 4000 3.00 Writing, Rhetoric, and Social Action
- PRWR 4103 3.00 Video Game Rhetorics
- PRWR 4800 3.00 Visual Information & Document Design
- PRWR 4801 3.00 Multimedia Practices
Periodicals
- PRWR 2100 3.00 Studies in Non-Fiction
- PRWR 2710 3.00 The Grammar Course
- PRWR 3014 3.00 Rhetoric of Beer,Food, and Beyond
- PRWR 4000 3.00 Writing, Rhetorics, and Social Action
- PRWR 4005 3.00 Travel Writing & The Professional Writer
- PRWR 4102 3.00 Sports Writing
Organizational
- PRWR 2710 3.00 The Grammar Course
- PRWR 3011 3.00 Reading the News
- PRWR 3012 3.00 Writing, Creating, and Thinking with Code
- PRWR 3910 3.00 Principles of Style & Design
- PRWR 4000 3.00 Writing, Rhetorics, and Social Action
- PRWR 4800 3.00 Visual Information & Document Design
Publishing
- PRWR 2100 3.00 Studies in Non-Fiction
- PRWR 2710 3.00 The Grammar Course
- PRWR 4800 3.00 Visual Information & Document Design