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3.00 Credits
An upper division course that examines the specific craft of writing and publishing for children. Students will submit drafts of works for children at various points throughout the semester for instructor and class feedback. These might include: picture books, nonfiction, middle grade books, and young adult novels. Students will also complete an author study in which they examine in-depth the artistic development of a children's writer whose work informs their own and will complete a reading journal. Prerequisites: WRTG 2310 and WRTG 3331. Fall and spring.
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This course is an upper-division workshop course focusing on the writing of original screenplays. Students will present drafts of work for peer review and discussion and will submit a portfolio of original material at the end of the course. Some class time will be devoted to readings, invention exercises, and marketing strategies. Prerequisites: WRTG 2310 and WRTG 3320. Fall and spring.
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This course is an upper-division workshop course focusing on the writing of original genre fiction. The genres may include horror, science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, and others. Students will present drafts of work for peer review and discussion and will submit a portfolio of original material at the end of the course. Some class time will be devoted to reading established genre fiction, invention exercises, and marketing strategies. Prerequisites: WRTG 2310 and WRTG 3335. Annually.
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An upper-division elective for writing majors and minors and students interested in teaching writing. This course examines composition theory and pedagogy through both readings and direct observation of composition classrooms. The first half of the course concentrates on the history of contemporary composition theory and the key issues fundamental to the development of the disciplines. The second half of the course concentrates on how these theories are applied in today's composition classroom. Students will analyze the composition teaching they observe and relate it to theories discussed. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Spring.
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This course blends theory and practice in an exploration of hypertext literature and the possibilities of creative writing within the hypertext environment. Students will examine various pre-cursors of hyperlinking then work critically and creatively with linear and nonlinear narratives in a hypertext environment. Students will be exposed to current criticism of hypertext, and their projects will be evaluated using emerging aesthetics. Prerequisites: WRTG 2310, WRTG 3305, and completion of six hours of upper-division creative writing courses. This class fulfills a "Topics" course requirement. On demand.
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Elective for writing majors and minors and other students interested in persuasion. Provides students with an understanding of the impact of rhetorical traditions on written and oral communications in non-Western cultures. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide students a more concentrated focus on specific areas, sub-genres, trends, schools, and developments in the creative writing discipline. The topics will vary according to instructor interest and expertise. Prerequisite: WRTG 2310 and completion of six hours of upper-division creative writing courses. Fall, spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for a student who may be teaching creative writing or including creative writing in their curriculum at the K-University levels. Areas to be covered include the history of creative writing pedagogy, up to and including modern pedagogocial approaches to the field. In addition to discussion and lectures, students will observe and describe creative writing classes at levels pertinent to their teaching interests and develop an integrated practice lesson. Prerequisites: WRTG 2310 and completion of six hours of upper-division creative writing courses. This class fulfills a "Topics" course requirement. Annually.
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3.00 Credits
This course satisfies a requirement for graduation from the Exemplary Studies Undergraduate Scholars Program and for graduation with honors from the major department. The student will enroll in the course in order to prepare for submission, no later than the last day of instruction for the semester in which the student will graduate, an honors thesis (a research paper, project, performance, or presentation) of twenty to thirty pages or the performance equivalent demonstrating original, reasoned research or creative work. Discussion, writing, and groupwork. Fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: Acceptance in major department's Exemplary Studies Program.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores key aspects of fiction writing as they relate directly and specifically to the creation of a novel; that is, a book length work of fiction. The course is designed for those students who are already grounded in the fundamentals of creative writing and who have explored the genre of fiction writing sufficiently well to know that they have ambitions to write novels. Students will learn how to plan, generate, examine, reexamine, expand, cut, and focus a book length imaginative work as well as how to integrate the work of novel writing into one's larger life. Students will compose a portion of their own novels. These novel chapters will be workshopped, and revisions to the chapters will be expected by semester's end. Prerequisites: WRTG 2310 and completion of six hours of upper-division creative writing courses. This class fulfills a "Topics" course requirement. The course will be taught every even year in the spring.
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