{"id":652,"date":"2013-08-01T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/?p=652"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:55:00","slug":"writing-b-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/writing-b-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional and Public Writing, B.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"center\"><a class=\"cl-button off  prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/writing-b-a\/\" title=\"\">Major<\/a><a class=\"cl-button on \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/careers-by-major\/professional-and-public-writing-b-a\/\" title=\"\">Career<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/writing-b-a\/\" data-type=\"URL\">Professional and Public Writing<\/a> major (formerly Writing and Rhetoric) supports practice of writing in a wide range of settings. Our small classes are designed with active participation in multiple writing situations, from working with real-world clients to composing descriptive informational cards for museum exhibits. You will learn to collect information, conduct research, compose, analyze, and revise texts of many kinds. You will learn how to design brochures and web pages and present visual information effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advisors<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/meet\/tim-amidon\/\">Tim Amidon<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Faculty Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum Sheets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Writing-BA-2025.pdf\">2025<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Writing-BA-2024.pdf\">2024<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Writing-BA-2023.pdf\">2023<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Writing-BA-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Writing-BA-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/2020-21-WRITING-RHETORIC.pdf\">2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Major Entry Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Complete 24 units and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.00<\/li><li>Complete URI 101<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/writing-rhetoric\/\" title=\"\">internship credit<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Professional and Public Writing major (formerly Writing and Rhetoric) supports practice of writing in a wide range of settings. 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