Public and Professional Writing

Required courses for the major

The Public and Professional Writing BA requires the completion of 33 credits, distributed as follows.

Students may choose to follow clusters of courses that will lead to in-depth study in specific areas or for specific career paths: Writing to Support Scientific Research, Preparing for Law School, Writing for Nonprofits, Writing for Business, Teaching and Composition Studies, Advertising and PR Writing, Composing Digital Media, Editing and Publishing, Preparing for Graduate School, Public Engagement, and others. See the list of possible clusters  that apply to this major.

Prerequisites

The Seminar in Composition requirement must be completed prior to enrollment in any ENGCMP courses at or above the 0400-level. A Seminar in Composition course can be selected from the following list.

• ENGCMP 0200 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION
• ENGCMP 0203 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: GENDER STUDIES
• ENGCMP 0205 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: FILM
• ENGCMP 0207 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: EDUCATION
• ENGCMP 0208 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: SERVICE-LEARNING
• ENGCMP 0210 - WRITING WITH FILM
• FP 0003 - FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR
• FP 0006 - FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR

Core courses

• ENGCMP 0420 - WRITING FOR THE PUBLIC
• ENGCMP 0560 - WRITING ARGUMENTS
• ENGCMP 1551 - HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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• ENGCMP 1900 - INTERNSHIP: PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL WRITING or
• ENGCMP 1901 - UTA IN TEACHING AND TUTORING WRITING *

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• ENGCMP 1910 - BRIDGE SEMINAR

Three 1000-level courses

Students must complete three ENGCMP courses at the 1000-level or above.

Three elective courses

Students must complete three courses at the 0400-level or above.

Related area:

A minimum of 12 credits is required in any one Dietrich School department chosen in consultation with the major advisor. The completion of an official Dietrich School minor or a Dietrich School or UCIS certificate also satisfies this requirement.

Grade requirements:

A minimum grade of C or better is required in any 0400- or 0500-level ENGCMP course to advance to the first 1000-level course.

Satisfactory/No Credit option:

There is no limit to the number of courses that may be taken on the S/NC basis for this major.

Writing (W) requirement:

Most ENGCMP courses satisfy the W requirement. Students pursuing a second major are required to complete an additional W-course for the major in that department.

Advising:

Jeff Aziz
CL 501C
412-624-2228
jeffaziz@pitt.edu

Lori Campbell
CL 501C
412-624-6559
lmc5@pitt.edu

Mark Kemp
CL 501C
412-624-6656
mkemp@pitt.edu

ENGCMP courses that fulfill requirements for the major

• ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
• ENGCMP 0410 - WRITING IN THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS
• ENGCMP 0420 - WRITING FOR THE PUBLIC
• ENGCMP 0425 - DIGITAL HUMANITY
• ENGCMP 0440 - CRITICAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 0450 - RESEARCH WRITING
• ENGCMP 0500 - TOPICS IN COMPOSITION
• ENGCMP 0510 - NARRATIVES OF THE WORKPLACE
• ENGCMP 0515 - PERSAUSIVE WRITING IN ADVERTISING
• ENGCMP 0520 - INTEGRATING WRITING AND DESIGN
• ENGCMP 0530 - WRITING FOR THE SCIENCES
• ENGCMP 0535 - WRITING IN THE HEALTH SCIENCE PROFESSIONS
• ENGCMP 0550 - TOPICS IN PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 0560 - WRITING ARGUMENTS
• ENGCMP 0600 - INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 0610 - COMPOSING DIGITAL MEDIA
• ENGCMP 0620 - THEORIES OF WRITING AND TEACHING
• ENGCMP 0641 - WRITING FOR CHANGE
• ENGCMP 1100 - LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
• ENGCMP 1101 - LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• ENGCMP 1102 - LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE
• ENGCMP 1103 - PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING
• ENGCMP 1104 - CORPORATE STORYTELLING
• ENGCMP 1111 - PROFESSIONAL WRITING IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS
• ENGCMP 1112 - PROFESSIONAL USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• ENGCMP 1151 - PROFESSIONAL EDITING IN CONTEXT
• ENGCMP 1200 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPOSITION
• ENGCMP 1210 - TUTORING PEER WRITERS
• ENGCMP 1220 - THE ART OF THE ESSAY
• ENGCMP 1250 - ADVANCED TOPICS PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 1400 - GRANT WRITING
• ENGCMP 1410 - ADVANCED RESEARCH/DOCUMENTARY WRITING
• ENGCMP 1510 - WRITING WITH STYLE
• ENGCMP 1551 - HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• ENGCMP 1552 - LANGUAGE, LITERACY, LEARNING
• ENGCMP 1900 - INTERNSHIP: PUBLIC/PROFESSIONAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 1901 - UTA IN TEACHING AND TUTORING WRITING
• ENGCMP 1902 - INDEPENDENT STUDY PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 1903 - SERVICE-LEARNING SEMINAR IN PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
• ENGCMP 1910 - BRIDGE SEMINAR