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Minor

Minor in Professional and Technical Writing

University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences 174 courses

About This Program

The minor in Professional and Technical Writing requires 18 hours of course work to include:

Degree Requirements

Minor Prerequisites

Students must fulfill the Composition and Communication Core requirement:

Code Course Title Credits
WRD 110 or CIS 110 Composition and Communication I or Composition and Communication I 3

Minor Electives

Choose 6 hours from the following:

Code Course Title Credits
WRD 203 Business Writing 3
WRD 208 Multimedia Writing 3
WRD 225 Craft Writing 3
WRD 301 Style for Writers 3
WRD 304 Writing in the Social Sciences 3
WRD 305 Writing Public Science 3
WRD 310 Writing in the Natural Sciences 3
WRD 322 Rhetoric and Argument 3
WRD 405 Editing English Prose 3
WRD 408 Digital Composing 3
AAS 264 or ENG 264 Introduction to Black Writers or Introduction to Black Writers 3
AAS 263 or FR 263 African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) or African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of French Expression in Translation (Subtitle Required) 3
FR 504 Topics in French Literature and Culture (Subtitle required) 3
AAS 254 or HIS 254 History of Colonial and Postcolonial Africa or History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa 3
AAS 260 or HIS 260 African American History to 1865 or African American History to 1865 3
AAS 261 or HIS 261 African American History 1865-Present or African American History 1865-Present 3
AAS 360 or HIS 360 Race and Sports in America or Race and Sports in America 3
HIS 585 The Age of Jim Crow, 1880-1930
AAS 300 or MUS 300 History of Jazz or History of Jazz 3
AAS 326 or ANT 326 Contemporary African Lives or Contemporary African Lives 3
AAS 550 or EDC 550 Education in a Culturally Diverse Society or Education in a Culturally Diverse Society 3
AAS 336 or GEO 336 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa or Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa 3
PS 417G Survey of Sub-Saharan Politics 3
PS 461G Civil Liberties 3
AAS 471 or PS 471 Race, Ethnicity and Politics or Race, Ethnicity and Politics 3
AAS 235 or SOC 235 Inequalities in Society or Inequalities in Society 3
AAS 432 or SOC 432 Race and Ethnic Relations or Race and Ethnic Relations 3
AAS 433 Topics in Social Inequalities (Subtitle required) 3
APP 300 Topics in Appalachian Studies (Subtitle required) 3
APP 395 Independent Study 1-6
APP 399 Practicum 1-6
GEO 365 Special Topics in Regional Geography (Subtitle required) 3
HIS 579 History of the New South 3
HIS 580 History of Appalachia 3
MUS 301 Appalachian Music 3
PS 456G Appalachian Politics 3
SOC 343 Political Sociology 3
SOC 534 Sociology of Appalachia 3
SOC 735 Topical Seminar in Social Inequalities 3
ANT 332 Human Evolution 3
BIO 375 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3
BIO 535 Comparative Neurobiology and Behavior 3
BIO 550 Advanced Physiology 3
BIO 556 Communication Biology 3
COM 350 Language and Communication 3
CS 375 Logic and Theory of Computing 3
CS 463G Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3
CS 521 Computational Sciences 3
CS 536 Situated Computing 3
CS 575 Models of Computation 3
LIN 210 History of the English Language 3
LIN 211 Introduction to the Study of Language 3
LIN 212 Introduction to Linguistics II 3
LIN 509 Formal Semantics 3
LIN 512 Analysis of English Syntax 3
LIN 513 Teaching English as a Second Language 3
LIN 515 Phonological Analysis 3
LIN 516 Grammatical Typology 3
LIN 517 Special Topics in Linguistics (Subtitle required) 3
LIN 519 Historical Linguistics 3
PHI 320 Symbolic Logic I 3
PHI 361 Biology and Society (Subtitle required) 3
PHI 520 Symbolic Logic II 3
PHI 560 Philosophy of Scientific Method 3
PHI 565 Philosophy of Language 3
PHI 575 Philosophy of Mind 3
PSY 223 Developmental Psychology 3
PSY 311 Learning and Cognition 3
PSY 312 Brain and Behavior 3
PSY 427 Cognitive Processes 4
PSY 456 Behavioral Neuroscience 4
PSY 552 Evolutionary Psychology 4
PSY 562 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology (Subtitle required) 3
PSY 564 Advanced Topics in Learning (Subtitle required) 3
PSY 565 Advanced Topics in Neuroscience (Subtitle required) 3
PSY 566 Advanced Topics in Social Psychology (Subtitle required) 3
ENS 201 Environmental and Sustainability Studies I: Humanities and Social Sciences 3
ENS 202 Environmental and Sustainability Studies II: Natural Science and Policy 3
PHI 336 Environmental Ethics 3
ENG 425 Environmental Writing 3
ANT 327 Culture and Societies of India and South Asia 3
GEO 330 Geography of the Indian Subcontinent 3
GEO 365 Special Topics in Regional Geography (Subtitle required) 3
GEO 565 Topics in Geography 3
GWS 302 Gender Across the World (Subtitle required) 3
LIN 395 Independent Work 3
MA 330 History of Mathematics 3
MUS 330 Music in the World (Subtitle required) 3
PHI 343 Asian Philosophy 3
PS 420G Governments and Politics of South Asia 3
SOC 380 Globalization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3
HJS 324 Jewish Thought and Culture I: From Ancient Israel to the Middle Ages 3
HJS 325 Jewish Thought and Culture II: From the Expulsion from Spain to the Present 3
HJS 101 Elementary Hebrew 4
HJS 102 Elementary Hebrew 4
HJS 201 Intermediate Hebrew 3
HJS 202 Intermediate Hebrew 3
HJS 326 The Jewish Experience in America 3
HJS 327 Women in Judaism 3
HJS 495 Independent Study in Judaic Studies 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
CLA 390 Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 CE 3
HIS 330 A History of Western Religious Thought (I) 3
HIS 323 The Holocaust 3
HJS 425 Topics in Judaic Studies (Subtitle required) 3

Minor Requirements

Complete 3 credit hours of language instruction in Spanish, Portuguese, or French (above the 200 level) or an indigenous language spoken in Latin America; and complete 12 credit hours of ap- 3 proved courses across at least three of the following disciplines: anthropology, Hispanic studies, history, Latin American studies, linguistics, geography, political science, sociology, and writing, rhetoric and digital studies. All courses need to

Code Course Title Credits
ANT 320 Andean Civilization 3
ANT 322 Ancient Mexican Civilizations 3
ANT 324 Contemporary Latin American Cultures 3
ANG 328 The Ancient Maya 3
GEO 324 Geography of Central and South America and the Caribbean 3
HIS 206 History of Colonial Latin America, 1492 to 1810 3
HIS 207 History of Modern Latin America, 1810 to Present 3
HIS 208 History of the Atlantic World 3
HIS 562 Modern Mexico 3
HIS 563 The History of Women in Latin America 3
HIS 564 History of Brazil 3
LAS 395 Independent Work in Latin American Studies 3
PS 428G Latin American Government and Politics 3
PS 538 Conflict and Cooperation in Latin American Relations 3
SOC 350 Topics in Sociology (Subtitle required) 3
SOC 432 Race and Ethnic Relations 3
SPA 314 Civilization of Spanish America 3
SPA 322 Literature, Life and Thought of Spanish America 3
SPA 332 Spanish and Latin American Business Environments 3
SPA 438G Literature of Social Protest in Spanish America 3
SPA 474 Topics in Hispanic Studies (Subtitle required) 3
ANT 335 Religion in Everyday Life 3
HJS 110 Introduction to the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible 3
HIS 323 The Holocaust 3
HJS 324 Jewish Thought and Culture I: From Ancient Israel to the Middle Ages 3
HJS 325 Jewish Thought and Culture II: From the Expulsion from Spain to the Present 3
HJS 326 The Jewish Experience in America 3
HJS 327 Women in Judaism 3
CLA 390 or HIS 390 Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 CE or Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 Ce 3
ENG 271 The Bible as Literature 3
HIS 191 A History of World Religions (Subtitle required) 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
CLA 190 Introduction to the New Testament 3
CLA 191 Christianity, Culture, and Society: a Historical Introduction 3
CLA 391 or HIS 391 Christians in the Roman Empire or Christians in the Roman Empire 3
HIS 330 A History of Western Religious Thought (I) 3
HIS 512 Carolingian Empire 3
HIS 513 Medieval Institutions Since the Mid-10th Century 3
HIS 520 The Era of the Reformation 3
HIS 546 The Byzantine Empire 3
CLA 390 or HIS 390 Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 CE or Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 Ce 3
ENG 271 The Bible as Literature 3
HIS 191 A History of World Religions (Subtitle required) 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
AIS 228 Islamic Civilization 3
AIS 330 Islamic Civilization II 3
AIS 338 Women and Islam 3
AIS 340 Fundamentalism and Reform in Islam 3
AIS 345 Islamic Mysticism 3
AIS 410 Theology and Law in Islam 3
AIS 430 Islam in America 3
AIS 440 Introduction to the Qur’an 3
HIS 191 A History of World Religions (Subtitle required) 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
ANT 327 Culture and Societies of India and South Asia 3
CHI 345 Introduction to Early Chinese Thought 3
CHI 450 Daoism 3
PHI 343 Asian Philosophy 3
HIS 191 A History of World Religions (Subtitle required) 3
PHI 504 Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3
CLA 135 Greek and Roman Mythology 3
CLA 382 Greek and Roman Religion 3
GER 363 Germanic Mythology 3
RUS 370 Russian Folklore (in English) 3
ANT 130 Introduction to Comparative Religion 3
ANT 450 Symbols and Culture 3
PHI 245 Introduction to Philosophy of Religion 3
PHI 545 Philosophy of Religion 3

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