Bachelor of Arts in Writing Arts

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The Writing Arts major provides broad-based study and practice in written communication, drawing on the disciplinary strengths of the Edelman College of Communication and Creative Arts 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.

General Education

All students starting before Fall 2018 and transfer students must complete the University General Education Requirements as described in the Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Rowan Core

All first-time Freshmen starting in Fall 2018 or after must complete the University Rowan Core Requirements as described in Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Rowan Experience

All students must complete the Rowan Experience requirements as described in Undergraduate Program Requirements .

Program Requirements

Rowan Core Courses: 24 s.h.

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 & 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