Writing at Ball State

Ball State offers a variety of opportunities to write outside of your classes. 

Writing Opportunities

• Academic Honors in Writing
• Ball Bearings Magazine
• The Ball State Daily News
• The Writers Community 
• In Print Festival of First Books

Ball State E-Journals

• The Broken Plate
• Digital Literature Review
• Mathematics Exchange
• Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal
• Steinbeck Quarterly Journal

Getting a Degree that Focuses on Writing

If you are considering adding more writing to your future professional life, check out the information we have collected about majors, minors and graduate study involving writing at Ball State.

Undergraduate Bachelors Involving Writing

• Creative Writing 
• English Studies 
• Literature 
• Journalism, Magazine Option 
• Journalism, News-Editorial Option
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Rhetoric and Writing 
• Teaching Major

Undergraduate Minors Involving Writing

• Creative Writing 
• Digital Media 
• Linguistics 
• Literature 
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Professional Writing

Writing Related Graduate Programs

• Master's in English with an emphasis in general English, rhetoric and composition, creative writing, or literature.
• Master's of Arts in English: Creative Writing, which encourages cross-genre study
• Master’s in TESOL and Linguistics.
• teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL),
• Doctoral degrees in English with an emphasis in applied linguistics, rhetoric and composition, or literature.

Do you have background in journalism, or do you want to branch out into journalism or public relations? Explore one of the graduate degree options in those areas.