Distinguish yourself as an excellent writer in your field. Expand your writer’s toolbox and learn how to compose grants and proposals, speeches, podcasts, infographics, fundraising letters, and more.

Courses explore both the concepts in effective writing and the practice of those concepts in community and work-place settings. Electives allow you to deepen and enrich your writing with related courses in other programs. And class projects and internships allow you to gain résumé-building experience.

Wherever you want to go, writing can take you there.

Explore Loras Minors

Our interdisciplinary minors are designed to offer you a unique opportunity to study beyond you chosen major gain a broader and more comprehensive understanding of complex societal issues and topics.

You will explore both the concepts involved in effective writing and the practice of those concepts in community and workplace settings while deepening and enriching your knowledge base with electives. Class projects and internships allow you to gain résumé-building experience with timeless skills that are more essential than ever in our rapidly changing world.

Highlighted Courses

Grant and Proposal Writing

In this course students explore and learn the complex process of securing funding for non-profit organizations. Students gain actual experience in grant writing through partnerships with community organizations.

Writing for New Media

This course focuses on concepts of effective online writing. Although specific writing platforms (websites, blogs, social media, etc.) change constantly, these concepts prepare students to adapt to these changes thoughtfully, ethically, and strategically.

Writing as Social Action

In this course students learn how to apply rhetorical concepts to community needs by partnering with local organizations on projects related to social justice, civic engagement, and public dialogue.