Minor in Publishing & Writing for the Public

The Publishing & Writing for the Public Minor offers students an opportunity to study and create across publics, genres, and issues, and publish across multiple industries, communities, and media. Students will explore working in the publishing industry to gain a comprehensive understanding of and practice with the author as client, the text as a dynamic document, and the written work as product. Students as writers will explore the complex relationship between writing, rhetoric, and the public sphere, so as to gain agency as entrepreneurial and socially engaged writers who create, reach, and impact audiences meaningfully. The primary bank of courses focuses on publishing practices, and the secondary bank emphasizes rhetorical approaches for engaging and creating audiences. This Minor is unique in that it emphasizes the relationship between writers and publics and helps them to orient themselves toward a profession in publishing. Students will be able to indicate this formal program of study on their resumes and transcripts, thereby indicating to employers that a student has special competencies within this area.