Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (AP) – Professional Writing

Writing Department

Honours BA: 120 credits

Professional Writing Program (PRWR) students will take 51 credits in the major, including the following:

1000-level (9 credits)

AP/WRIT 1003 6.00 Professional Writing: An Introduction
AP/WRIT 1004 3.00 Research for Professional Writers

2000-level (15 credits)

AP/PRWR 2007 3.00 Rhetoric
AP/WRIT 2003 6.00 Genre for Professional Writers
AP/PRWR 2006 3.00 Fundamentals of Editing
AP/WRIT 2004 3.00 Writing in Digital Cultures

3000-level (15 credits)

Stream required courses: see Stream Requirements

4000-level (12 credits)

Stream required courses: see Stream Requirements

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 51 credits, including the following:

(i) Program core courses:

(ii) Stream requirements:

Students must choose one of the following streams in consultation with the program coordinator.

Book Stream

AP/WRIT 3720 6.00 (cross-listed to AP/EN 3720 6.00);
AP/WRIT 3730 3.00;
AP/WRIT 4720 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 4720 6.00) or AP/EN 4722 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/WRIT 4722 6.00);
AP/WRIT 4721 6.00;
AP/PRWR 3720 3.00;
AP/PRWR 3910 3.00.

Periodical Stream

AP/WRIT 3730 3.00;
AP/WRIT 3700 6.00 or AP/EN 3180 6.00 (cross-listed to AP/WRIT 3180 6.00);
AP/WRIT 4700 6.00;
AP/WRIT 4701 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 4701 3.00) and AP/EN 4750 3.00 or AP/WRIT 4752 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 4752 3.00);
AP/PRWR 3710 3.00;
AP/PRWR 3720 3.00.

Institutional Communications Stream

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

The Honours BA program described above may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Major credits: students must fulfill the Professional Writing program requirements and take at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet professional writing requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 12 credits in professional writing and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Honours Minor BA

Minor credits: students must take at least 30 credits in WRIT and/or PRWR, including:

six credits from 1000-level courses;
six credits from 2000-level courses, including AP/PRWR 2006 3.00 (Fundamentals of Editing)
six credits from 3000-level courses;
six credits from 4000-level courses.

Note: the Department recommends that students choose AP/WRIT 1003 6.00 (Professional Writing: An Introduction) to satisfy the 1000-level requirement.

Note: Students who use WRIT 1700 9.00, WRIT 1701 9.0, or WRIT 1702 6.0 to satisfy the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies General Education requirement cannot also use the course to satisfy the 1000-level requirement of the Honours Minor BA.

BA: 90 credits

Entry requirements: The 90-credit BA in Professional Writing is a delayed entry program. Students planning to apply to the program must have been admitted to the Honours degree program in Professional Writing and have completed at least 24 credits at York.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 36 credits, including the following:

AP/WRIT 1003 6.00;
AP/WRIT 1004 3.00;
AP/WRIT 2003 6.00;
AP/WRIT 2004 3.00;
AP/PRWR 2006 3.00;
AP/PRWR 2007 3.00;
12 credits selected from among the 3000-level courses in PRWR and/or WRIT.

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting Professional Writing program requirements:

Program Course	Course Substitutes
AP/WRIT 3700 6.00	AP/EN 3180 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/WRIT 3180 6.00)

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