Courses in Digital, Public, and Professional Writing

For a complete list of courses in the DPPW minor, visit the UA Undergraduate Catalog: Digital, Public, and Professional Writing Minor.

For more information on the DPPW Concentration within the English Major, visit the UA Undergraduate Catalog: Digital, Public, and Professional Writing Concentration.

EN 200 Intro to Creative Writing

Study of various practical applications for creative-writing-related skills and techniques, including arts programming, teaching, and literary publishing.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 or EN 120

Associated Paths

Editing and Publishing
Professional Writing
Science and Health Writing
Writing for Advocacy
Education and Literacy

EN 201 How English Works

This course will introduce students to the wide-ranging discipline of linguistics that incorporates aspects of both the humanities and the social sciences.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102, or EN 103

Associated Paths

Editing and Publishing
Professional Writing
Science and Health Writing
Writing for Advocacy
Education and Literacy

EN 307 Special Topics in Applied Creative Writing: Publishing

Study of various practical applications for creative-writing-related skills and techniques, including arts programming, teaching, and literary publishing.

PREREQUISITE(S): 6 hours of 200-level EN courses

Associated Paths

Editing and Publishing

EN 309 Expository Writing

Study and practice in methods of exposition, explanation and explication, logic and persuasion, definition and analogy, analysis and evaluation.

PREREQUISITE(S): 12 hours in English, including 6 hours at the 200-level.

Associated Paths

Writing for Advocacy
Education and Literacy

EN 310 Special Topics: Copyediting

Topics vary from semester to semester; examples are legal writing, writing about the social sciences and reading and writing in cyberspace.

PREREQUISITE(S): 12 hours in English, including 6 hours at the 200-level.

Associated Paths

Editing and Publishing

Advanced writing course exploring composition with images, sound, video, and other media while considering theoretical perspectives on rhetorical concepts such as authorship, audience, process, revision, and design.

PREREQUISITE(S): (EN 101 AND 102) OR EN 103

Associated Paths

Professional Writing
Writing for Advocacy
Education and Literacy

EN 317 Writing Center Practicum

An introduction to the history, theory and practice of Writing Centers. Students completing the course can apply for positions on the Writing Center staff.

PREREQUISITE(S): None

Associated Paths

Education and Literacy

EN 319 Technical Writing

Focuses on principles and practices of technical writing, including audience analysis, organization and planning, information design and style, usability testing, and collaborative writing.

PREREQUISITE(S): 6 hours of 200-level EN courses

Associated Paths

Editing and Publishing
Professional Writing
Science and Health Writing

EN 380 Legal Writing

This course will examine the various ways writing is involved in the legal profession.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102; or EN 103; or EN 104; or EN 120 and EN 121

Associated Paths

Professional Writing

EN 381 Science Writing

This course will study a subgenre of nonfiction writing that seeks to communicate challenging, complex, and nuanced facts and ideas in clear, engaging prose.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102, or EN 103

Associated Paths

Science and Health Writing

EN 382 Business Writing

This course develops the interdisciplinary writing and rhetorical skills necessary to create compelling content and effective strategic communications useful in any type of workplace, whether corporate, nonprofit, or entrepreneurial.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102, or EN 103

Associated Paths

Professional Writing

EN 383 Book and Print Design

This course explores the history and aesthetics of print design, applied specifically to the techniques and practices of book publishing.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102; or EN 103

Associated Paths

Editing and Publishing

EN 384 Grant Writing

Focuses on principles and practices of effective grant research and writing, including audience analysis, organization and planning, information design and style, and collaborative writing, with practicum elements.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102, or EN 103

Associated Paths

Professional Writing
Science and Health Writing
Writing for Advocacy

EN 432 Composition and Rhetoric

Provides an overview of the field of composition studies: teaching writing, history of the discipline, and discussion of professional issues in rhetoric and composition.

PREREQUISITE(S): EN 101 and EN 102; or EN 103;or EN 104; or EN 120 and EN 121 with a grade of C- or better

Associated Paths

Education and Literacy

EN 455 Special Topics

Designed for advanced English majors, a special topics course that focuses on the process of writing. The forms this writing may take include, but are not limited to, film, creative non-fiction, autobiography, and local color.

PREREQUISITE(S): 6 hours of 200-level EN courses

Associated Paths

Writing for Advocacy