Writing Certificate Program

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Certificate code CTWRIT

College of Arts and Sciences
English Department
Ellis Hall 360
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.2838
Fax: 740.593.2832
english.department@ohio.edu
www.english.ohiou.edu

Talinn Phillips, contact person
tiller@ohio.edu

Program Overview

The writing certificate provides students of all majors (except English) the opportunity to enhance their writing abilities and have this expertise appear as a credential on their transcripts. There is a national demand for employees who have strong skills in writing. For example, a survey of employers conducted for the Association of American Colleges and Universities revealed that 89% of those surveyed identified the ability to communicate effectively as a key intellectual skill for successful employees. This certificate provides a vehicle for enhancing the intellectual and personal development of students by allowing them to strengthen their writing skills and, at the same time, explore new topics and issues related to their personal interests.

Students must earn a B (3.0) or better in each of the courses that count toward the writing certificate.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Change of Program Policy

No selective or limited admission requirements.

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

The writing certificate will demonstrate that a student in any major has added experience in writing, thereby increasing a student’s overall marketability. In addition, the certificate will benefit students who plan to apply to graduate programs, as it will signify additional experience with writing in their own fields, as well as across the curriculum.

Requirements

Certificate Hours Requirement

The writing certificate requires a minimum of 18 hours. Students must earn a B (3.0) or better in each of the courses that count toward the writing certificate.

Core Courses

Note: Junior composition exemptions, such as those based on exemption exams, transfer credit, Honor’s Tutorial exemption, or AP English scores, do not count toward the credits required for the Writing Certificate core courses.

Complete three of the following courses:

ENG 2800 - Expository Writing and the Research Paper Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2820 - Writing About Literature as Social Action Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3820 - Rhetorical Approaches to Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3850 - Writing About Culture and Society Credit Hours: 3

Complete one of the following Junior English requirements:

ART 3000J - Criticism in the Visual Arts Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3030J - Writing, Reading, and Rhetoric in the Professions Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3060J - Women and Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3070J - Writing and Research in English Studies Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3080J - Writing and Rhetoric II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3090J - Writing in the Sciences Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3100J - Writing About Environmental Sustainability Credit Hours: 3
FILM 3440J - The Practice of Film Criticism Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3111J - Historical Research and Writing Credit Hours: 3
HLTH 3400J - Grant Writing for Public Health Sciences Credit Hours: 3
IART 3600J - Writing in the Arts Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 4410J - Magazine Feature Writing Credit Hours: 3
MGT 3100J - The Social, Legal, and Ethical Responsibilities of Business Credit Hours: 3
ML 3210J - Writing in Two Languages Credit Hours: 3
ML 3270J - Translation as Writing Credit Hours: 3
PBIO 4180J - Writing for the Science Researcher Credit Hours: 3
POLS 3050J - Writing on Political Science Topics Credit Hours: 3
REC 3700J - Writing for Recreation Studies Credit Hours: 3
WGSS 3810J - Writing Gender Credit Hours: 3

Junior English equivalency

You can also complete the university’s junior-level composition requirement by passing two junior composition equivalency (JE) courses within your program of study, or by passing one JE course within your program of study and one JE course outside your program of study, as approved by your department/school. You may use two JE courses outside your program of study, providing both courses are approved by your departments/school.

Electives

Complete 6 hours from the following courses. Note that two or more academic areas must be represented. Additional junior composition courses listed above plus junior composition equivalency courses will apply.

CE 4280 - Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering Credit Hours: 3
CHE 2010 - Mass and Energy Balances II Credit Hours: 3
CHE 4110 - Unit Operations Lab I Credit Hours: 3
CLAS 2340 - Classical Mythology Credit Hours: 3
CLAS 2530 - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Credit Hours: 3
CLAS 2550 - Pagan to Christian in Late Antiquity Credit Hours: 3
CLAS 3120 - Greek Tragedy and Comedy Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 2220 - Difficult Dialogues: Religion, Gender and Sexuality Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 3330 - Introduction to Islam Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 3340 - Hinduism Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 3360 - Theories of Religion Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 4330 - Political Islam Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 4340 - Sufism-Mysticism and Asceticism in Islam Credit Hours: 3
CLWR 4410 - Contemporary Religious Thought Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3400 - Introduction to Health Communication Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3500 - Introduction to Organizational Communication Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3600 - Introduction to Communication in Public Advocacy Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3603 - Contemporary Culture and Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3
COMS 3620 - Rhetorical Inquiry and Criticism Credit Hours: 3
COMS 4630 - Rhetoric and Electronic Media Credit Hours: 3
CE 4000 - Societal Concerns in Civil Engineering Credit Hours: 3
EDEC 3120 - Observing Young Children for Reading Strategies and Skills Credit Hours: 3
EDEC 4200 - Philosophy and Theories of Child Development and Education Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3610 - Creative Writing: Fiction Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3620 - Creative Writing: Poetry Credit Hours: 3
ENG 3630 - Creative Writing: Nonfiction Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4910 - English Internship Credit Hours: 1 - 9
FILM 3430 - Screenwriting Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3250 - Political Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3260 - Urban Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3270 - Social Geographies Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3310 - Geography of Africa Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 4450 - Gender, Environment, and Development Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 3500 - Stratigraphy-Sedimentology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 4460 - Earth Systems Evolution Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 4520 - Depositional Environments Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 4660 - Geodynamics: The Earth’s Interior Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 4940 - Senior Thesis Credit Hours: 1 - 5
HIST 3000 - Atlantic History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3002 - Colonial British North America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3004 - Revolutionary Era Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3020 - Survey of American Indian History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3202 - Women’s Health and Medicine in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3232 - History of Brazil Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3270 - Slavery in the Americas Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3520 - Roman Law & Society Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3531 - The Barbarian West: Europe 400-1000 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3540 - History of Early Christianity Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3541 - Medieval Christianity: Church and Society Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3555 - Women in Medieval Europe Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3562 - Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the History of Medieval Spain Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3682 - Nazi Germany Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3770 - The Holocaust Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4536 - Eternal Rome: Power and Piety Credit Hours: 3
ISE 2100 - Data Management and Display Credit Hours: 3
ISE 3340 - Work Design Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 3310 - Reporting Public Issues Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 3500 - Radio and Television Reporting and Writing Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 3630 - Reviewing and Criticism Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 3700 - Advertising and Public Relations Writing Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 4650 - Opinion Writing Credit Hours: 3
JOUR 4700 - Sportswriting Credit Hours: 3
LAT 3110 - Latin Prose and Poetry I Credit Hours: 3
LAT 3120 - Latin Prose and Poetry II Credit Hours: 3
LAT 4900 - Special Topics in Latin Literature Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 2200 - Script Analysis and Production Planning Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 2201 - Short Form Media Scriptwriting Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 3110 - Advanced Media Criticism Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 3201 - Screenwriting: the Adaptation Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 3202 - Screenwriting for Television Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 4201 - Advanced Screenwriting for Film Credit Hours: 3
MDIA 4202 - Advanced Screenwriting for Television/Film: the Rewrite Credit Hours: 3
ME 3510 - Computer Aided Design Credit Hours: 3
ME 4880 - Experimental Design Lab Credit Hours: 3
PBIO 4941 - Undergraduate Research/Written Presentation Credit Hours: 3
PBIO 4945H - Thesis Credit Hours: 2 - 4
PHIL 2400 - Social and Political Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3350 - Environmental Ethics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 4400 - Contemporary Social Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 4420 - Philosophy of Law Credit Hours: 3
THAR 1730 - Fundamentals of Play Analysis and Playwriting Credit Hours: 3
THAR 2510 - Introduction to Playwriting Credit Hours: 3
THAR 3510 - Playwriting Revision Technique Credit Hours: 3
THAR 3511 - Playwriting Style and Voice Credit Hours: 3
THAR 4510 - Advanced Playwriting Credit Hours: 3
THAR 4520 - Playwriting Senior Project Credit Hours: 3
T3 4130 - Philosophy of History Credit Hours: 3
WGSS 4800 - Capstone in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Credit Hours: 3

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