Media Writing
Academic Coursework
As an English major at Allen University, I had the opportunity to choose between two different concentrations of English: literature, and professional writing. Since I knew I wanted to pursue a career in writing, I decided to take the professional writing concentration which would best prepare me for my perspective career. Within this concentration, students complete courses in media, composition, editing, revising, and creative writing while still having the opportunity to take literature electives (Click here to read more about the Professional Writing curriculum). To me, this concentration surrounds all aspects of English while focusing on how to write well and effectively through development and the increasing of your vocabulary.
Here are relevant Courses for Professional Writing Concentration:
English Composition I
English Composition II
Oral Language
Introduction of Professional Writing
Business Technical Writing
Editing and Revising
Advanced Composition
Grant Writing
New Media Writing
Communication Internship
Creative Writing I
Creative Writing II
As an English major at Allen University, I had the opportunity to choose between two different concentrations of English: literature, and professional writing. Since I knew I wanted to pursue a career in writing, I decided to take the professional writing concentration which would best prepare me for my perspective career. Within this concentration, students complete courses in media, composition, editing, revising, and creative writing while still having the opportunity to take literature electives (Click here to read more about the Professional Writing curriculum). To me, this concentration surrounds all aspects of English while focusing on how to write well and effectively through development and the increasing of your vocabulary.
Here are relevant Courses for Professional Writing Concentration:
English Composition I
English Composition II
Oral Language
Introduction of Professional Writing
Business Technical Writing
Editing and Revising
Advanced Composition
Grant Writing
New Media Writing
Communication Internship
Creative Writing I
Creative Writing II
Media Classes
The classes I've taken for social media and networks were Business Technical Writing, Editing and Reving, and New Media Writing. For the Business Technical Writing course, I presented a statistic based on the number of students at an HBCU through Google Docs which was a shared document for our class based on research we found. In the Editing and Revising class, we developed a platform of promoting ourselves through Weebly. We had to present for the humanities department on a Prezi of our biographical background information and our future plans of our perspective careers. For the New Media Writing class, we built a social media platform to promote ourselves through Hootsuite. The social media accounts we had to connect through a networking channel were Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked In, Google +, and About me. As a writer heading towards my perspective career I know having a strong media platform will be important, especially living in the 21st century.
The classes I've taken for social media and networks were Business Technical Writing, Editing and Reving, and New Media Writing. For the Business Technical Writing course, I presented a statistic based on the number of students at an HBCU through Google Docs which was a shared document for our class based on research we found. In the Editing and Revising class, we developed a platform of promoting ourselves through Weebly. We had to present for the humanities department on a Prezi of our biographical background information and our future plans of our perspective careers. For the New Media Writing class, we built a social media platform to promote ourselves through Hootsuite. The social media accounts we had to connect through a networking channel were Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked In, Google +, and About me. As a writer heading towards my perspective career I know having a strong media platform will be important, especially living in the 21st century.