Minor in Writing

Contact Person:
Richard Henry, Interim Department Chair
120 Morey, (315) 267-2043, henryrm@potsdam.edu

18-19 credit hours.
 
All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

Departmental Core: select one 4
COMP 201 Writing Arguments(4 credits)
COMP 202 Introduction to Creative Writing (4 credits)  

Specialized Writing Courses: select three     
11-12
COMP 301
 Advanced Research Writing (4 credits)
  
COMP 302 Fiction Workshop I (4 credits)  
COMP 303 Poetry Workshop I (4 credits)  
COMP 304 Technical Writing (4 credits)  
COMP 305 Editing and Revising (4 credits)  
COMP 306 Playwriting: Short Plays (4 credits)  
COMP 307 Creative Nonfiction Workshop (4 credits)  
COMP 308 Writing Fiction for Children (4 credits)  
COMP 309 Screenwriting Workshop I (4 credits)  
COMP 311 Writing in a Digital Age (4 credits)  
COMP 316 Magazine Article Writing (4 credits)  
COMP 401 Directed Professional Writing
  
COMP 412
 Fiction Workshop II (4 credits)
  
COMP 413
 Poetry Workshop II (4 credits)
  
COMP 416
 Playwriting Workshop II (4 credits)  
COMP 417
 Creative Nonfiction Workshop II (4 credits)  
COMP 395 or 495 Special Topics in Writing (4 credits)  

Language/Theory Courses: select one
  3
LITR 200
 Literary Traditions
  
LITR 201
 Patterns of Literature
  
LITR 300
 Literary Analysis and Research
  
LITR 380
 Literary Criticism
  
LNGS 301 Language and Structure  
LNGS 302
 Language and Meaning
  
LNGS 309 History of English Language  
LNGS 310 American English Grammar  
COMP 402 Theory of Composition  
COMP 405
 Writing Center Theory
  
COMP 430 Theory of Rhetoric  
COMP 505 Rhetorical Criticism  
COMP 507
 Theory of Composition
  
COMP 530
 Theory of Rhetoric
  

Notes: Courses must be completed with a 2.0 or higher to satisfy minor requirements. No more than 6 credits in the minor may be used to satisfy other college major or minor requirements.