Why Should You Get a Minor in Writing?
". . . in today’s workplace writing is
a ‘threshold skill’ for hiring and promotion . . ."
--Writing: A Ticket to Work . . . or a Ticket
Out
A Survey of Business Leaders Conducted by the College
Board
- Writing is the primary basis upon which your work, your
learning, and your intellect will be judged—in college,
in the workplace, and in the community.
- Writing is an essential
job skill. Many jobs will require you to articulate your thoughts
clearly in writing, whether your need
to correspond with clients, apply for grants, or compose emails.
- Writing
equips you with the communication and thinking skills you need
to participate effectively in democracy.
- Writing helps you move
easily among facts, inferences, and opinions without getting
confused--and without confusing your reader.
- Writing promotes
your ability to pose worthwhile questions, and it fosters your
ability to explain a complex position to readers,
and to yourself.
- Writing ideas down preserves them so that you
can reflect upon them later.
- Writing requires that you anticipate
your readers' needs. Your ability to do so demonstrates your
intellectual flexibility
and maturity.
- Writing out your ideas permits you to evaluate
the adequacy of your argument.
- Writing is portable and permanent.
It makes your thinking visible.
- Writing expresses who you are
as a person.
--Based upon brochures at Marquette University, Brown University,
and the University of Missouri
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