A student must successfully complete, at Fontbonne, a minimum of 50 percent of the credit hours required for the minor.

To qualify for a minor in professional writing, a student must have received at least a B- in ENG 101 and ENG 102 or the equivalent in advanced credit. The minor requirements include 18 hours in writing as follows:

• ENG 304 Advanced Writing: Creative Nonfiction (To continue in the minor in professional writing, the student must receive at least a B- in ENG 304.)

15 hours in writing electives, selected from the following:

• ENG 201 Business Writing (3 hours)
• ENG 208 Newspaper Workshop (for 3 hours)
• ENG 309 Journalism: Reporting and Editorial Writing (3 hours)
• ENG 310 Journalism: Feature Writing and the Interview (3 hours)
• ENG 311 Writing Poetry (3 hours)
• ENG 312 Writing Short Fiction (3 hours)
• ENG 313 Writing the One-Act Play (3 hours)
• ENG 494 Special Topics: Writing (3 hours)

Note: ENG 494 topics will vary; thus a student may register for more than one course under this number.