To complete the Writing and Public Engagement Minor, all students must:
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Complete the following Prerequisite for Minor:
Meet the 3 credit lower division Written Communication Requirement as required by all schools and colleges at CU Boulder.
- Complete 9 required credits in the following way: (NOTE: When registering, please look for WPE designation for the topic courses listed above to make sure they count for the minor. You can also find a list of courses that count toward the minor each semester listed below.)
THEORY: 3 CREDITS (Choose one of the following courses)
WRTG 2090: Electives in Writing: Writing and Public Engagement
ENGL 3377: Literatures of Race, Multiculturalism, Ethnicity
PRACTICE: 3 CREDITS (Choose one of the following courses)
ENGL 3026: Syntax, Citation, Analysis
ENGL 3830: Topics in Advanced Writing and Research
WRTG 3020: Topics in Writing**
WRTG 3045: Writing for Emerging Workplaces
**Approved WRTG 3020 Topics:
Composing Civic Life Citizenship and Civic Engagement Fld Study/Civic Engagement Environmental Issues
Writing Real/Virtual Society Writing About the Body Educ/Authority/Good State Writing on Music
Food, Glorious Food Myths of the American West Race, Class, Gender Language/Power/Perception
Colonialism & Imperialism Language of War On the Border/ US & Mexico Visual Culture/Visual Literacy
Technology & Amer. Culture Conversations on the Law Consumer Culture Gender & Sexuality
Urban Issues Rhetorics of Faith Native American Topics Crime/Ethics/Justice
Rhetoric of Exile Writing About Ethnicity New Media & Civic Engagement Rhetorics of Sustainability
Environmental Justice Gender, Sexuality & New Media Global Justice Sustainable Communities
World Englishes Writing Civic Life Changing Digital Communities Multicultural Rhetorics
Education/Public Policy Writing about Space Social Media and the Mind
U.S. Resistance Movements ESL From Essay to Blog
ACTION: 3 CREDITS (Choose one of the following courses)
WRTG 2930: Internship in Writing and Rhetoric
WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design
WRTG 3090: Open Topics in Writing (Advanced)
WRTG 3093: Internship in Writing and Rhetoric
ENGL 4206: Writing for the Real World
ENGL 4116: Advanced Topics in Media Studies
ENGL 3940: Service Learning Practicum
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Complete 9 credits in minor electives in one of the following ways:
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Choose 9 credits from any of the courses listed above not being used to fill the Theory, Practice, or Action requirements.
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Choose 6 credits from any of the courses listed above not being used to fill the Theory, Practice, or Action requirements and 3 credits of any other ENGL courses (see recommended courses below.)
ENGL 1800: American Ethnic Literatures
ENGL 2036: Introduction to Media Studies in the Humanities
ENGL 2046: Future Histories of Technologies
ENGL 2707: Introduction to Queer Literature
ENGL 2717: American Indian Literature
ENGL 2727: Introduction to African American Literature
ENGL 2747: Introduction to Chicana/o/x Literature
ENGL 2767: Race, Empire, and the Postcolonial
ENGL 3005: Literature of New World Encounters
ENGL 3006: Digital Editions & Web Publishing
ENGL 3106: Introduction to Literary Study with Data Science
ENGL 3026: Syntax, Citation, and Analysis: Writing About Literature (recommended prerequisite: completion of lower-division writing requirement.)
ENGL 3246: Topics in Popular Culture
ENGL 3031: Studies in Creative Writing for Nonmajors (prerequisite: ENGL 1191: Introduction to Creative Writing)
ENGL 3767: Feminist Fictions
ENGL 3796: Queer Theory
ENGL 4018: Literature and Globalization
ENGL 4106: Literary Study with Data Science (recommended prerequisite: ENGL 3106)