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2007-08 Catalog [cloned for 2008-2009]

Publishing & Printing Arts

Faculty Department of English Minor Requirements


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For more than 30 years Pacific Lutheran University's Department of English has offered a way to help students translate a love of books into an exciting professional career in publishing. The distinctive interdisciplinary curriculum in Publishing and Printing Arts (PPA) is highly respected by employers because it combines pre-professional skills and experience with the solid foundation of a liberal arts education. This six-course minor is designed to give students with talents and interests in writing, graphic design, communications, or business a head start into the world of publishing and a broad variety of related professions.

The PPA program readily complements majors concerned with language and the written word, such as English, languages, public relations, journalism, marketing, and graphic design. But students majoring in a wide spectrum of disciplines—from biology to music to anthropology—have discovered the value of a PPA minor, too. It helps to connect them to publishing career opportunities in those fields and provides a richer understanding of the complex roles that written communications of all sorts play in our lives and in our modern world.

Faculty: S. Robinson, Director.

Publishing and Printing Arts Minor


In addition to the above 12 semester hour core, students take three to four elective courses (12 semester hours) selected from at least two of the following categories:
  • All English writing courses beyond WRIT 101, including ENGL 403
  • Approved courses in Communication: COMA 213, 230, 270, 311, 320, 323, 329, 360, 420
  • Approved courses in Business: BUSA 203, 308, 309, 310, 363, 365, 378, 467, 468 or in Communication: COMA 361, 421, 422, 461
  • Approved courses in Art: ARTD 226, 326, 370, 396, 398, 426, 470, 496
  • English: ENGL 314 or Communication: COMA 325, 327, 424, 462

Up to eight semester hours can be counted toward both a PPA minor and other requirements, such as general university requirements, another minor or a major.

To earn a minor in Publishing and Printing Arts, students must acquire practical experience in publishing-related work outside the classroom.

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