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Requirements for the minor in Writing: 9 s.h. of English at the 200 level or above, excluding ENG 207,ENG 260, ENG 361, and ENG 362; plus three of the following courses: WRI 204, either COM 257 orCOM 258, WRI 320, WRI 321, WRI 324, WRI 325, WRI 326, WRI 327, WRI 353, WRI 485, WRI 499.Requirements for the A.A. Concentration: 8 s.h. of English at the 200 level or above, excluding ENG207, ENG 260, ENG 361, and ENG 362; plus three of the following courses: WRI 204, either COM 257 orCOM 258, WRI 320, WRI 321, WRI 324, WRI 325, WRI 326, WRI 327, WRI 353, WRI 485, WRI 499.Writing-enrichment courses recommended for majors in Writing: ENG/WRI 323Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102, plus three hours in a survey of British, American, or world literatureWRITING COURSESWRI 204 GENRES OF CREATIVE WRITING3 s.h.An introduction to creative writing in four genres: fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction. Thiscourse has as its prerequisites both ENG 101 and 102 (which the student needs to have taken at MethodistUniversity and passed with a grade of C or higher) and is itself and additional prerequisite for all upperlevel creative writing courses unless a writing sample is submitted and special permission of the instructorto enter those upper-level classes is sought and granted. For transfer students or for those students whoCLEP ENG 101 and/or 102, a writing sample and permission of the instructor is required. Offered everyfall semester. Cross listed as ENG 204. Can only be counted toward one program.WRI 257 WRITING FOR COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA I3 s.h.News, news-gathering, and news and feature structures, including preparation of copy for publications.Experience and practice in reporting techniques and problems and ethics in laboratory work based oncampus and community assignments. Submission of assigned news stories. Either WRI 257 or 258 (butnot both) is creditable toward either the major or minor in Writing. Not creditable toward either the majoror minor in English. Prerequisites: Passing grades in ENG 101 and 102 or special permission of theinstructor. Cross listed as COM 257. This course is offered every fall semester.WRI 258 WRITING FOR COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA II3 s.h.Reporting and feature writing, including writing for the broadcast media. Further practice in reporting andin writing of articles, editorials, and interpretive journalism. Prerequisites: Passing grades in ENG 101 and102 or special permission of the instructor. Either WRI 257 or 258 (but not both) is creditable towardeither the major or minor in Writing. Not creditable toward either the major or minor in English. Crosslisted as COM 258. This course is offered every spring semester.WRI 320 BUSINESS WRITING3 s.h.Offered by the English department. Counted as a business administration elective. May be counted towardthe major in English or Business Administration, but not both. Cross listed as ENG 320. This course isoffered every spring semester.WRI 321 TECHNICAL WRITING3 s.h.Development of writing skills necessary in technical and scientific fields. One hour of CAC lab per weekat discretion of instructor. Cross listed as ENG 321. This course is offered as needed.WRI 322 ADVANCED GRAMMAR3 s.h.The history of the English language; an analysis of the structure of English grammar: sounds, parts ofspeech, sentence patterns, prose style, and the new grammars. Required for writing majors. Cross listed asENG 322. This course is offered every spring semester in even-numbered years.87