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Originally Posted by Jimellow
I am one credit away from a minor in Professional Writing. The class I need to fulfill the minor is Journalism, and I haven't taken the class partly due to lack of planning, but also because I fluctuate on my stance towards journalism on varying levels.
I am graduating in May, but I'm curious if this decision to not take the Journalism class and add a minor in writing to my degree is a big deal?
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Coming from a tech writer/editor...take the class. In my opinion, having an English degree does not at all imply that one has communication/writing skills. This could be the paper bridge that would interest potential employers.
Re: your stance on journalism...not to be mean, but does it really matter? Not all professional writing is journalism, but you should understand journalism to merit a minor in professional writing. Just take the dang class and get the dang piece of paper.
Honestly, I don't know if potential employers care at all about minors. *shrug*