Upper-Division Writing Courses

So that students can be adequately prepared to do the kinds of writing required of them, English 101 and English 102 are prerequisites for all upper-division writing courses. 

Students are also strongly advised to take Writing 200 (Writing for the Media) before taking other upper-division writing courses, as the specific writing skills students master in Writing 200 provide a strong foundation for the written work that is required in most of the other professional writing classes.

Students complete a wide variety of different kinds of writing tasks in upper-level writing classes.  Here are a few examples, with links to helpful information:

• A hard news assignment (Writing 200: Writing for the Media) 
• An advertising campaign (Writing 200)
• A press release (Writing 235: Public Relations Writing) 
• A personal narrative (Writing 345: Creative Writing)
• A newspaper feature story (Writing 405: Advanced Newspaper Journalism)