Bachelor of Science - Writing - Creative and Publishing

Program Description

Writing majors at Northwest learn skills and techniques in composing content that inspires, communicates, solves problems, and seeks truth. Students in Northwest’s writing majors work across the spectrum of writing studies—from writing professional reports to writing poems. Northwest students are not canalized strictly into writing for news media like in a journalism program, to courses in fiction and poetry like in creative writing programs or to vocationally focused genres like technical writing programs. Rather, we’ve designed a major to help and challenge students to grow into flexible, effective, communicative writers.

When employers make hiring decisions, they seek smart people who write well. Northwest’s writing major is like cross-training for today’s job market. Students will receive professional training without an expiration date—a liberal arts degree that prepares students for their first job after college and every job they decide to do after. Northwest thinks studying writing is excellent preparation for life as an artist, scholar, citizen, and professional—all the things that students should be when they finish a rigorous undergraduate education at a supportive university, and all the things they need to succeed in contemporary life.

Students may choose to earn a bachelor's degree in writing with an emphasis in professional writing or creative writing and publishing.