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This major was formally known as Professional Writing
If you want a career as a writer, you'll need a solid foundation in the mechanics of good writing and editing, a storyteller's gift for narrative, a poet's eye for detail, and a desire to continue developing your talents in a dynamic industry.
While you'll certainly explore literature and learn to critique writing, this is not an English degree. At Champlain College, you learn the professional aspects of writing and how to get paid doing what you love.
Students start thinking like professionals from their first semester. Writing & Publishing majors can even become published by the time they graduate, as well as earn freelance income as undergraduates.
As a Writing & Publishing student, you'll:
Student work in the Writing & Publishing major includes a teen sci-fi television series; an anthology of essays and poems about womanhood and girlhood; a series of articles about the interactions between transgender identity and organized religion; anthologies of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction; produced plays; five shorts written and produced for television; and many others.
Beginning Fall 2024, this program will be renamed from Professional Writing to Writing & Publishing.
Through Champlain's Upside-Down Curriculum, you'll take program-specific courses in your first year. This early experience allows you much more time to refine your style and explore your professional interests.
As a Writing & Publishing major at Champlain, you can further tailor your degree by earning an optional concentration:
Current student-run publications include:
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