This once-a week, 3-unit seminar is designed to give students an overview of the broad range of career options in professional and technical writing. Practicing professionals in a range of communications fields writing for the internet, corporate communications, public relations, journalism, science writing, healthcare communications, freelance writing, and writing for the software industry, for example come to campus to talk with students and answer their questions. Speakers generally talk informally about what they do, how they got into their fields, how students can prepare to enter those fields, and related career options. At the end of each session there is generally time for students to ask questions and talk individually with speakers. The course is required for first semester MAPW students and open to all English undergraduate majors.
