{"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":"2026-09-09T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:54:15","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=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card   right\" href=\"https:\/\/career.uri.edu\/channels\/professional-and-public-writing-b-a\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/card-accent-blue.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Major to Career<\/h2><p>Explore career outcomes, jobs, internships and more for this major.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">CCEE Virtual Career Center<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth wp-block-paragraph\">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 for Undergraduate Classification (UC) Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/meet\/tim-amidon-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Tim-Amidon.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Tim-Amidon.jpg 612w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Tim-Amidon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Tim-Amidon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Tim-Amidon-364x366.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1740\/Tim-Amidon-500x502.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\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-2\/\">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\">Advisors for Advanced-Standing Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students who have met the matriculation requirements for the major (see &#8220;Major Entry Requirements&#8221; below) are assigned to a faculty advisor within the department. Advisor contact information can be found in Starfish; if you have questions regarding your advisor assignment, please contact the administrative aide in the department.<\/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-2026.pdf\">2026<\/a><\/td><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><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Major Entry Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete 24 units and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete URI 101<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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\" 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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