Vocations in Writing

Catalog description

Students explore vocational calling and writing careers by analyzing their interest in writing as a process and advancing their understanding of how writing functions across such fields as technical writing, publishing, organizational communications, and academia. Students engage with a range of writing genres, purposes, audiences, and rhetorical strategies by examining, reading, and writing about career-based writing; interacting with writing professionals through guest lecture and shadowing experiences; and reflecting on their motivations and values surrounding work and writing.