Minor in Professional Writing

Ball State’s minor in professional writing prepares you in the genres, styles, and communication practices essential for the contemporary, digital workplace.

With its focus on collaborative writing, problem-solving, real-world audiences, and document design, the minor complements any major and helps you develop vital professional practices.

The minor culminates with a professional portfolio website you can use in the job market or in applications to graduate school.

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What You Will Learn 

• design and develop a variety of common documents
• tell the difference between HTML and CSS
• use software like Photoshop
• determine why things like typography, lines, and grids matter to organizational image and identity
• look at coding as writing and writing as coding
• strategize use of social media in professional settings