Students study and practice a wide variety of nonfiction forms, including:

• journalism, both print and online
• professional writing, including reports, promotional materials, and writing for social media
• technical writing and information design
• creative nonfiction, including personal essays, memoirs, nature writing, and travel literature
• criticism and advocacy writing

The Writing major at Coe draws much of its strength from being embedded in a vital and diverse campus-wide writing culture. Known across the country for its writing-across-the curriculum program and outstanding Writing Center, Coe offers many opportunities for writing majors and minors to be involved in writing outside the classroom:

• writing for or editing one of the seven student publications on campus
• conversing with peers about writing projects at the largest undergraduate writing center in the nation, the?Coe Writing Center
• submitting written work for the many writing awards and prizes offered at Coe
• taking a writing or publishing internship during a New York, Washington or Chicago term
• interning with a local writing or communication company right here in Cedar Rapids