Writing Minor

Department Chair 

Chair: Dr. Brennan Thomas, bthomas@francis.edu, 814-471-1111

Program Description

The Writing minor fosters students’ ability to communicate effectively in written and digital formats for various audiences, media, and rhetorical situations. 

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the Writing minor will demonstrate the following:

• their understanding of the four aims of discourse (to inform, to express, to entertain, and to persuade);
• their awareness of and ability to emulate (and appropriately deviate from) the stylistic and disciplinary conventions of different genres; and
• preparation, through substantial revision, editing, and proofreading, of various texts for critical review and public dissemination.