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ENG 400B

Topics in Professional Writing

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits

Overview

Description

Analysis of and writing practice in selected professional genres. Focused study of writing for organizations, periodicals, or popular market.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Junior or Senior standing
ENG 303
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing

Attributes

StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits

Learning Outcomes

  • draft documents in various professional genres (such as letters, proposals, and reports) that demonstrate clear purpose, responsibility to audience, and adherence to generic and stylistic conventions.
  • assess their own writing process and apply alternative strategies to the continued development of that process.
  • identify an author (or group’s) purpose, audience, genre, and strategies of support.
  • demonstrate knowledge of the variety of public, professional, and disciplinary situations in which they will be writing when they leave the undergraduate program.