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Writing helps us navigate life. Whether a memoir or a manual - good writing makes a difference. 91猫先生's pre-professional writing program introduces students to the diverse uses of writing and provides a foundation to be a faithful writer regardless of career or project.
91猫先生 prepares you to make a meaningful impact in your career, community and life.
Publish Your Writing
with opportunities at our newspaper, magazine, and poetry publications
Hone Skills on Capitol Hill
Partnership with Washington Journalism Center Program
Focus on Creative or Informational
flexibility to pursue topics you鈥檙e passionate about
Study Abroad
at schools such as Oxford University, University of Edinburgh, or Lithuania Christian College
Key Courses
Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
Workshop-style format involving writing and revising in one established form in order to produce a publishable work
Editing
Basic concepts in editing as it applies to creative writing: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction
Publishing
Jump into the world of publishing and learn what it means to be a publisher, and how to get your work out into the world
Introduction to Creative Writing
Learn from John Steinbeck, Annie Dillard, Tobias Wolfe, and other great authors as you write short stories, poems, personal essays, and plays
The English Department bases its curriculum, teaching pedagogies, and scholarship on the belief that human beings, created in the image of God, are inherently creative beings themselves.
Students will grow steadily in their ability to honor God as they prepare to become competent writers and innovative critical thinkers through the study of:
- literature
- analytical and creative writing
- the related arts
Students who graduate from 91猫先生 with a major in Writing will accomplish the following outcomes:
- Students will write prose and/or poetry that uses clear, cogent, incisive, and engaging figurative language to honor God.
- Students will know, understand, and utilize an adaptable writing process of re-writing and re-vision to attain professional standards within the field of publication.
- Students will discover the immense creative capacity of all human languages by studying language structures within both oral and written traditions.
- Students will know and understand the processes, theories, and application of rhetoric to thoughtful writing and to the interpretation of literature.
- Students will understand the intersection of Christianity with language structures, writing, and literature; and be able to make connections and distinctions between their personal worldview and the worldviews expressed in literary texts.
Career Outcomes
Graduates who aspire to have an impact in their communities and their careers through a 91猫先生 Education gain expertise in this field enhanced by academics rooted in Christian values and ethics in 91猫先生’s program.
Employers like to hire people who know how to think critically and analyze information; that鈥檚 exactly what studying liberal arts at 91猫先生 teaches you, along with writing and communication skills that are vital to the success of any organization or employer
$61,800
is the national average salary for a copywriter (Indeed.com).
鈥淭he instructors want to help you, If you have an idea, they鈥檒l help you reach it. Dr. Williams will help students try to get wherever they want to go.鈥 - Abby, writing graduate
Be prepared for careers such as...
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Freelance Writing
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Editor
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Publisher
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Marketing Agent
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Grant Writer
Further your impact...
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Further the gospel by helping with Bible translations within the linguistic field
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Join the many 91猫先生 writing graduates who have continued their education in universities across the world
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Enter the world of publishing as a copy editor, publicist, or publisher
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