Creative and Professional Writing AS
In this program, students learn to write as a professional practice and prepare for a four-year degree, develop their abilities for employment, and pursue public service.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
- Approach texts as a process
- Discover topics and issues and explore them with a specific purpose utilizing an appropriate form
- Understand the function of the writing process in terms of creating and completing a successful text
- Recognize audiences and adapt to various genres and rhetorical situations
- Acknowledge that different projects require different strategies, forms, and genres
- View writing as a relationship between reader and writer
- Recognize common forms and contexts for different genres
- Balance aesthetics and efficiency
- Adopt or blend different forms and genres (e.g., reports, narrative)
- Use a variety of technologies to address varying audiences and purposes
- Respond to a variety of writing situations with the appropriate diction, voice, and tone
- Demonstrate liberal arts knowledge and skills through community engagement and citizenry
- Apply social, scientific, and humane forms of knowledge and skills
- Document involvement in the community beyond the classroom
- Develop abilities using liberal arts learning
Career Possibilities
The AS is a transfer degree that builds skills toward careers within an emergent workforce. Creative and professional writers work in technical, health science, media, and academic situations, as well as copywriting and publishing. Professional writing comprises communication forms produced in or for workplace environments. Meet with a SOMA advisor to plan course selections and related workforce opportunities.
Transfer Information
Cayuga has local articulation agreements in Creative and Professional Writing with the State University of New York at Oswego and SUNY Empire State College and an agreement with Le Moyne College. For these and other transfer institutions, students should contact their advisor and the Coordinator for Transfer and Articulation in the Centers for Student Engagement and Academic Advisement for information on transfer services. Early consultation to plan the most appropriate course sequence will optimize transferability.
Degree Requirements
General Education requirements must be met before the AS degree will be granted.
| COURSES | CREDIT HOURS | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST SEMESTER | ||
| ENGL 120 | Being Writers | 1 |
| ENGL 101 | Freshman English I | 3 |
| MATH 102 | Intermediate Algebra or higher | 3 |
| Behavioral/Social Sciences * | 3 | |
| US History & Civic Engagement ** | 3 | |
| HON 101, LIB 102, CAS 101, ENGL 121, SD 201 OR Physical Education *** |
1 | |
| 14 | ||
| SECOND SEMESTER | ||
| ENGL 102 | Freshman English II | 3 |
| Natural Science & Scientific Reasoning Elective ** | 3 | |
| ENGL 211 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 220 OR ENGL 221 OR ENGL 222 OR THA 152 |
Interpersonal Communication OR Effective Speech: Public Address OR Effective Speech: Group Discussion OR Basic Acting |
3 |
| Elective **** | 3 | |
| 15 | ||
| THIRD SEMESTER | ||
| ENGL 270 OR ENGL 271 |
Technical Writing OR Writing & Artificial Intelligence |
3 |
| World History and Global Awareness OR World Language ** |
3 | |
| Writing Elective ***** OR Writing Intensive |
3 | |
| Math/Science Elective ** | 3 | |
| Elective **** | 3 | |
| 15 | ||
| FOURTH SEMESTER | ||
| ENGL 219 | Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| ENGL 200 Level–WI Literature Elective | 3 | |
| HLTH 101 OR HLTH 102 |
Alcoholism and Its Effects OR Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco |
1 |
| Behavioral/Social Sciences * | 3 | |
| Electives **** | 6 | |
| 16 | ||
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | 62 | |
* Choose one: ANTH 101, ECON 201, ECON 202, PSY 101, or SOC 101
** Electives must help fulfill SUNY General Education 30 credit requirement (See General Education Section)
*** Select from the following PE courses: PE 020, PE 024, PE 028, PE 030,PE 035, PE 040, PE 045, PE 050, PE 054, PE 055, PE 056, PE 057, PE 058, PE 103, PE 104, PE 109, PE 110, PE 128, PE 130, PE 145, PE 146, PE 157, PE 161, PE 171, PE 172, PE 177
**** Consult advisor to select electives for transfer or professional engagement.
***** Writing Elective Courses include: ENGL 104, ENGL 110, ENGL 121, ENGL 217, ENGL 260, ENGL 270, ENGL 291-294, TELC 190 or TELC 204
A prior felony conviction may hinder a student’s ability to enroll in a course or complete the requirements of certain academic programs and/or meet the criteria for licensure required by certain professions.