Bachelor of Arts in Writing Arts

Location(s): Glassboro Campus

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The Writing Arts major provides broad-based study and practice in written communication, drawing on the disciplinary strengths of the Ric Edelman College of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences, and from departments across the University. Writing Arts offers students intensive experience in a variety of writing forms, creative and expository, personal and public. Students learn how writers compose in print and new media forms and how audiences respond to their writing. In classroom workshops and peer response groups, through interactive lecture and discussion, and by creating and composing multiple drafts and revisions, students develop sensitivity to rhetorical considerations of audience, purpose, and genre. Through these diverse experiences, students are prepared for success in a wide variety of settings beyond the University.

Rowan Core: 9 s.h.

All first-time Freshmen must complete the University Rowan Core Literacies. There are six literacies:

Communicative Literacy (COML) - 9 s.h. Satisfied by taking the following three courses:
- COMP 01111 College Composition I
- COMP 01112 College Composition II
- CMS 04205 Public Speaking
- Note: Engineering Majors will take (11 s.h.)
Artistic Literacy (ARTL)
Global Literacy (GLBL)
Humanistic Literacy (HUML)
Quantitative Literacy (QNTL)
Scientific Literacy (SCIL)

Majors may suggest courses to fulfill the above literacies and will be applied elsewhere.

A complete listing of courses that fulfill the above literacies can be found here Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Rowan Experience

Students must satisfy all three Rowan Experience attributes. Credits attached to the courses in this section will apply elsewhere.

The attributes are as follows:

Broad-Based Literature Attribute (LIT)
Writing Intensive Attribute (WI)
Rowan Seminar Attribute*(RS)

Departments may recommend courses to fulfill these attributes. A complete listing of courses that satisfy these attributes can be found at Undergraduate Program Requirements .

*The Rowan Seminar requirement is waived for all students transferring 24 or more approved credits into Rowan University at the time of initial entry.

Program Requirements

Non-Program Courses: 18 s.h.

Major Requirements: 19 s.h.

WA 01200 - Introduction to Writing Arts Credits: 3
WA 01201 - How Writers Read Credits: 3
or
WA 01250 - Tutoring Writing Credits: 3
or
CMS 04250 - Communication Theory Credits: 3
WA 07290 - Creative Writing I Credits: 3
or
WA 07309 - Writing Children’s Stories Credits: 3
WA 01300 - The Writer’s Mind - WI Credits: 3
WA 01301 - Writing, Research and Technology Credits: 3
WA 01445 - Senior Seminar: Methods of Analysis and Evaluation of Writing Credits: 3
WA 01450 - Writing Arts Portfolio Seminar Credits: 1 [1 credit]

Elements of Language: 3 s.h.

Choose one course from the following bank.

WA 01350 - Rhetorics of Style-WI Credits: 3
WA 01355 - Editing for Publication Credits: 3
ENGL 05301 - American English Grammar Credits: 3
ANTH 02250 - Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics Credits: 3
or
Completion of second semester of 200-level foreign language

Note:

NOTE: Languages that offer this level course: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Also, while the requirement is 3 credits, other courses prior to this second semester 200-level course will likely be necessary.

Writing Concentration: 12 s.h.

You must choose 12 s.h. from any of the courses listed below. If you choose all 12 s.h. from one of the three concentrations, you may request to have that concentration appear on your transcript. If you complete more than one concentration, you must take at least nine separate credits in each concentration. See www.rowan.edu/wa for advice on shaping the concentration.

Available Concentrations

Undergraduate Concentration in Creative Writing

Undergraduate Concentration in Publishing & Writing for the Public

Undergraduate Concentration in Technical & Professional Writing