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About Professional Writing

Professional Writing at Purdue University includes undergraduate major areas in Technical Writing and Writing and Publishing, Multimedia Writing (ENGL 419), Business Writing (ENGL 420) and Technical Writing (ENGL 421) courses for students across the University, and PhD Secondary Areas in Technical and Professional Writing and Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing.

Our area, part of the Rhetoric and Composition Program in the Department of English, is noted for cultivating expertise in writing for the digital workplace, for teaching and researching multimedia writing and visual rhetoric, for digital and print publishing, and for emphasizing collaboration and community service. Professional Writing at Purdue is known nationally for its innovative and productive faculty, the doctoral research of its graduate students, and its creative and cutting-edge approach to writing and publishing in the digital age.

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Professional Writing
Dept. of English
500 Oval Dr.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Ph: 765.494.3730
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Heavilon Hall 302

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