Minor Requirements
The minor in writing offers writing experience to students with majors outside the English program and to English majors. Students combine the minor with a wide range of other disciplines, including environmental studies, biomedical humanities, psychology, communication, history, and biology. This degree requires a firm commitment on the part of the student and approval by the writing faculty. There are two deadlines a year for submitting applications to pursue the minor in writing (November 1 and March 1). Students must apply by the end of their junior year. Students cannot count more than two courses toward the minor that are also being counted toward a major.
- At least 17 credit hours in at least five courses are required.
- No more than two (2) courses can also count for the student’s major. Students majoring in English cannot count courses in the writing minor toward the English major.
- No more than three (3) may be selected from the 20000-level sequence.
- Students must take WRIT 22100 BASICS OF CREATIVE WRITING:CM.
- One of the five courses can be a 3 or 4 credit hour internship, with approval of the Writing Minor Committee.
An electronic application form should be requested from Mary Quade and then submitted to her electronically at quademr@hiram.edu. Materials should be submitted as one file, including both of the writing samples.
Course List:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| WRIT 20500 | STYLE/GRAMMAR FOR WRITERS:CM | 3 |
| WRIT 21400 | WRITING ABOUT NATURE:CM | 3 |
| WRIT 21500 | WRITING ABOUT:CM (topics vary) | 3 |
| WRIT 22100 | BASICS OF CREATIVE WRITING:CM | 3 |
| WRIT 24000 | SURVEY OF JOURNALISM | 4 |
| WRIT 24600 | SPORTS JOURNALISM | 4 |
| WRIT 25000 | WRITERS IN RESIDENCE (counted as a WRIT elective when completed with a passing grade for three semesters) | 1 |
| WRIT 28000 | SEM: (Special Topics) | 1-4 |
| WRIT 28100 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 1-4 |
| WRIT 30400 | CRAFT & TECH: POETRY:CM | 4 |
| WRIT 30500 | CRAFT&TECH:CREATIVE NONFIC:CM | 4 |
| WRIT 30600 | CRAFT & TECH: FICTION:CM | 4 |
| WRIT 30900 | CRAFT & TECH: SCREENWRITING:CM | 4 |
| WRIT 31100 | WRITING FOR BUSINESS | 4 |
| WRIT 31200 | TECHNICAL WRITING | 4 |
| WRIT 31300 | TEACHING/SUPERVISING WRIT:CM | 4 |
| WRIT 31800 | MEMOIR | 3 |
| WRIT 32000 | PROFESSIONAL EDITING | 3 |
| WRIT 32100 | LITERARY JOURNALISM:CM | 4 |
| WRIT 33300 | RHETORICAL CRITICISM:IM | 4 |
| WRIT 40400 | ADVANCED WORKSHOP IN POETRY | 4 |
| WRIT 40500 | ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION | 4 |
| WRIT 40600 | ADVANCED WORKSHOP IN FICTION | 4 |
Minors also will be expected to give a public reading of work produced in their writing courses the spring of their senior year. Mary Quade, Courtney Mauck, Willard Greenwood, and Jeff Swenson serve on the Writing Minor Committee.