Students who complete their degree in English with a concentration in Journalism and Professional Writing will be able to do the following:
- Produce accessible, well-designed end products through an on-going process of individual and collective critique, substantive revision, and careful editing
- Adapt content, format, and style to different situations, audiences, and purposes, and organize material clearly and effectively for the intended audience
- Develop collaboration skills and work and write effectively in a professional context
- Develop good research questions and strategies, and gather, evaluate, interpret, and use information accurately, logically, and ethically
- Demonstrate basic competence in technology associated with traditional and new communications media
- Identify and analyze works of literature in a variety of genres
- Accurately identify their own strengths and weaknesses as a writer and communicator and develop a long-term plan for strengthening their skills