ENGL 231 - Writing with the New Media

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University of the Cumberlands

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Description:

This course offers an introduction to the principles and practice of effective professional writing with the new media. Students study the differences between writing in a traditional print medium and writing with the new media. Particular attention is given to the stylistic and organizational conventions of effective hypertext composition as well as to the rhetorical opportunities of hypertext. With this conceptual background, students develop their communication skills through a variety of individual and small-group projects that anticipate writing tasks they may face in future careers. This course is open to English majors and minors pursuing the writing track or to other students by consent of the department chair. Prerequisite: ENGL 131, 132; CIS 121. Credit, 3 hours. Offered spring semester of even years.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucumberlands.edu

Phone Number:

(606) 549-2200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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