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Interdisciplinary Writing

The Interdisciplinary Writing minor at Occidental helps you write clearly, creatively, and effectively across fields. On the Occidental campus in Los Angeles, you鈥檒l practice writing for diverse audiences while learning how different disciplines shape ideas, arguments, and storytelling.

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The 绿帽社 Interdisciplinary Writing program offers a minor designed to strengthen your writing across genres, disciplines, and professional contexts. You鈥檒l explore how writing works differently in creative, academic, journalistic, and community-based settings, and how to adapt your voice for varied purposes and audiences.

The Occidental Interdisciplinary Writing undergraduate program emphasizes learning by doing. You鈥檒l take writing-intensive courses taught by faculty across multiple departments, gaining insight into disciplinary methods while developing your own writing practice. The Interdisciplinary Writing Minor at Occidental is designed to complement any major, preparing you for careers that demand clear communication, critical thinking, creativity and adaptability across fields.

What You鈥檒l Learn as an Interdisciplinary Writing Minor at Occidental

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Writing across contexts

You鈥檒l develop strong writing practices across genres, including creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry, journalism, professional writing, playwriting, screenwriting, and multimedia. Coursework emphasizes rhetorical awareness, revision, and audience-focused communication with applications across academic and professional settings.

Study how writing conventions shift across disciplines and genres. You鈥檒l learn to analyze rhetorical situations, adapt style and structure, and write effectively for different intellectual, creative, and public contexts.

The Interdisciplinary Writing Minor at Occidental pairs well with majors in English, Media Arts and Culture, American Studies, sociology, psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and Critical Theory and Social Justice.

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Learning Interdisciplinary Writing in LA

Studying Interdisciplinary Writing on the Occidental campus places you in Los Angeles, a hub for media, publishing, arts, and civic storytelling. You鈥檒l engage real audiences, community partners, and creative industries while connecting writing practice to cultural and social life in the city.

FAQs

It鈥檚 a five-course minor that strengthens writing across genres and disciplines, emphasizing flexibility, audience awareness, and rhetorical skill.

No. The minor is open to students from all majors and is designed to complement a wide range of academic paths.

Students write across genres, including creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry, journalism, professional writing, playwriting, screenwriting, and community-based writing.

The minor requires one core course and four approved electives, typically drawn from multiple departments.

Graduates develop adaptable writing and communication skills valued in publishing, media, education, nonprofit work, business, and graduate study.

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