Professional Communication
Providence Campus
(School of Arts & Sciences)
Minor
The School of Arts & Sciences offers two minors (22.5 credits) that enhance and strengthen the qualifications of graduates moving into business: Environmental Sustainability and Professional Communications.* These are intended to give students opportunities to develop expertise in an area that complements their major. Real-world applications are embedded in both minors.
Having strong communication skills is essential for success in many fields of business and industry. Whether making decisions, analyzing performance, designing user-friendly systems or managing a project, effective communication of business and technical details is needed. This minor focuses on building written and oral communication, use of new media, collaboration and problem solving skills as part of career education.
| * | The only minors offered are those listed in the catalog. Students cannot elect to create their own minors. |
| ENG2010 | Technical Writing * | 4.5 |
| or ENG2030 | Introduction to Newswriting | |
| ENG3010 | Technical Editing * | 4.5 |
| Choose three of the following: | 13.5 | |
| Public Relations Concepts | ||
| Desktop Publishing | ||
| Foundation Drawing and Digital Tools * | ||
| Technical Writing * | ||
| Introduction to Newswriting * | ||
| Report and Proposal Writing * | ||
| Instruction and Manual Writing * | ||
| Advanced Business Communication * | ||
| Introduction to Food Writing | ||
| Introduction to Travel Writing * | ||
| Introduction to Project Management * | ||
or PRMG3010 | Advanced Project Management | |
| Total Credits | 22.5 | |
| * | Course is offered online. |
