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This introductory course emphasizes the techniques used by reporters to collect information and write stories for newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and broadcast outlets.Students learn to gather information, interview sources, write leads, structure a story, and work with editors.Students analyze how different news organizations package information, hear from guest speakers, and visit working journalists in the field.Students develop a higher level of media literacy and learn to deal with the news media in their careers.(Can be taken simultaneously with EN12).Three credits.
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Editing skills are in high demand in today's journalism job market both for traditional and online sources of information.This intermediate level course emphasizes conciseness, precision, accuracy, style, and balance in writing and editing.The course includes researching and fact-checking, basic layout and design, headline and caption writing, and online editing.(Prerequisite: EN/W 220 or permission of instructor) Three credits.
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This course introduces the field of contemporary composition theory.Composition theorists consider ways of responding to the words of other people in a manner that is thoughtful, careful, and provocative.At the same time, they learn that by responding to the work of others, they ultimately become better writers and better thinkers themselves.This course focuses specifically on the response types appropriate for one-to-one work with writers.Students also gain hands-on experience in the course by writing extensively, sharing writing with other class members, critiquing student texts, and engaging in trial tutoring sessions.This course is a prerequisite for anyone wishing to apply for a paid position as a peer tutor in the Fairfield University Writing Center.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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This intermediate course in basic non-fiction prose expands the writing skills gained in EN 11, emphasizing cultivation of an individual style in short essays on everyday topics.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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In a workshop setting, the class discusses six assign-ments, writing about a painting or writing in a structured form such as a sestina or sonnet.In addition to looking at models that illustrate individual assignments, the class reads collections by six poets and discusses a book on traditional forms.(Prerequisite: EN/W 202) Three credits.
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This advanced workshop further develops skills begun in EN/W 205 by looking closely at the craft of fiction.Students produce a substantial body of quality work such as several full-length short stories or substantial revisions, a novella, or several chapters of a novel.In addition to reading selections from published fiction writers, students read and comment extensively on their peers' work.(Prerequisite: EN/W 205 or permission of instructor) Three credits.
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In response to feminist commentaries on the problems encountered by women writers, students seek to understand those problems through selected readings from eminent critics and contemporary authors, and to overcome them in weekly writing assignments with a gender orientation.These may be familiar essays, personal memoirs, fictional vignettes, persuasive argument, or literary criticism.The seminar, consisting of workshop discussions in which peers evaluate each other and themselves in terms of their individual writing goals and their techniques for achieving them, encourages students to develop their special assets as writers on feminist topics.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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This course prepares students to teach writing in grades 7-12.The course explores four significant questions: How do students learn to write What assignments encourage good writing What do state standards [2006 English Language Arts Framework] require students to know about writing And, how should writing be assessed We will also examine topics such as censorship, the "achievement gap," and the ethical responsibilities of a writing teacher.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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This course provides students with a solid background in traditional and structural grammar.Students apply to their own writing what they learn about the parts of speech and about phrases, clauses, and sentences.To achieve greater linguistic sensitivity and mastery, students also learn how to analyze the smaller components of language (sounds and word segments) and the more complex and elusive elements of style.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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Students learn how to generate and develop feature story ideas, including human-interest stories, backgrounders, trend stories, personality profiles, and other softer news approaches for use by newspapers, magazines, and web sites.The course stresses story-telling techniques and use of alternative leads.Interviewing, web research and rewriting techniques are stressed.(Prerequisite: EN/W 220 or permission of instructor) Three credits.
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