1. Western Carolina University
PROFESSIONAL
WRITING
Eng lish.WCU.edu
Western Carolina University Alumni David Joy graduated with with a BA in
Your Classes
English Literature and an MA in Professional Writing. Joy was a featured artist
at the tenth annual Spring Literary Festival and is seen here reading from his
Standards for Educators: first published book Growing Gills: A Fly Fisherman’s Journey.
WCU’s Professional Writing program
offers a unique combination of creative
Your Colleagues
writing and real- First-Rate Faculty:
world writing Writing Experience: The English Department consists of accomplished teachers who will
courses. • Poems give you the best educational experience possible. The creative writing
• Creative Nonfiction instructors are excellent teachers and also award-winning authors who
Career • Short Stories have published more than twelve volumes of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Preparation: • Novels The technical writing faculty have published technical writing manuals
• Technical Documents and stay up-to-date on the
Students take
courses that latest technology so that English students
focus on editing, publishing, writing on the students graduate with • Design and edit web sites
cutting edge experience. • Write and edit for public and
web, technical writing, business writing.
private organizations
Dynamic Peers: • Study abroad
Your Careers • Hold exciting student internships
English students are
Sought-After Graduates: winning prizes for their
More employers ask for good writing, including a prestigious national award from the Association of
writing than almost any other skill! Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) for a short story by an English
major. Additionally, one English class wrote, edited, and named
Other Western’s first magazine,Imagine. Recent interns and alumni have written
Careers with this degree: documentation for Volvo, written for C-SPAN, published creative work in
Choices: • Editor national literary journals, and been admitted into prestigious graduate
• Technical Writer Creative Writing programs.
Many
• Journalist
professional
writers
• Poet Spring Literary Festival:
• Web Designer
enter the Our annual Spring Literary Festival had been bringing local and national
• Museum Curator
business writers to the campus since 2003. Distinguished authors, such as Jim
• Speechwriter
profession Harrison, Leslie Silko, Mazine Kumin, Sherman Alexie, Silas House,
or go on to Elizabeth Kostova, Brett Lott, and Kathryn Stripling Byer have all been
graduate featured artists at the Spring Literary Festival. Members of the English
programs, including law and faculty, such as Catherine Carter, Ron Rash, Deidre Elliott, Pamela
other professions. Duncan, and Mary Adams, have also performed in past festival events.
English Deparment * 305 Coulter Building * Cullowhee, NC 28723 * 828.227.7264