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  • WRT 132W: Intro to Prof Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    An introduction to the skills of the professional writer through a number of different writing assignments. The course emphasizes the integration of research, critical analysis and writing process as applied to technical and specialized subjects. This project-oriented course offers training applicable to writing in many disciplines. Every semester. An introduction to the skills of the professional writer through a number of different writing assignments. The course emphasizes the integration of research, critical analysis and writing process as applied to technical and specialized subjects. This project-oriented course offers training applicable to writing in many disciplines. Every semester. Prerequisite: WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
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  • WRT 133W: Intro to Writing Fiction

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    A course that 1) provides a thorough overview of the fiction writing process, 2) exposes students to great writers of fiction and their works as models, prompts, and inspirations, 3) provides students with the vocabulary and analytical skills necessary to critique the writing of others, and 4) helps students analyze and revise their own fiction in a workshop setting. This course provides a thorough overview of the fiction writing process; exposes students to great writers of fiction and their works as models, prompts, and inspirations; provides students with the vocabulary and analytical skills necessary to critique the writing of others; and helps students analyze and revise their own fiction in a workshop setting. Prerequisite: completion of WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
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  • WRT 134W: Intro to Writing Poetry

    1.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This course 1) provides a thorough overview of a variety of poetry writing processes, 2) exposes students to classics of the genre and work being done now in the genre as models, prompts, and inspirations, 3) provides students with the vocabulary and analytical skills necessary to critique the writing of others, and 4) introduces students to the processes of analyzing and revising their own poetry. This course 1) provides a thorough overview of a variety of poetry writing processes, 2) exposes students to classics of the genre and work being done now in the genre as models, prompts, and inspirations, 3)provides students with the vocabulary and analytical skills necessary to critique the writing of others, and 4) introduces students to the processes of analyzing and revising their own poetry. Prerequisite: WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
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  • WRT 171W: Craft of Writing I

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This writing workshop focuses on examination of influence in the works of major writers, artists, and filmmakers for the purpose of showing how writers have imitated and appropriated the works of their predecessors. Students also will create their own texts that imitate and/or appropriate the texts under examination. Required for Professional Writing majors. This writing workshop focuses on examination of influence in the works of major writers, artists, and filmmakers for the purpose of showing how writers have imitated and appropriated the works of their predecessors. Students also will create their own texts that imitate and/or appropriate the texts under examination. Required for Professional Writing majors. Prerequisite: WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
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  • WRT 172W: Craft of Writing II

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This writing workshop examines competition, imitation, influence, and appropriation among 20th-and 21st-century writers. Students will come to understand how contemporary writers have responded to one another and how they, too, must find ways of responding to their contemporaries. Students will imitate and appropriate the texts under examination. Required for Professional Writing majors. This course does not presume knowledge of material covered in Craft of Writing 1. This writing workshop examines competition, imitation, influence, and appropriation among 20th- and 21st-century writers. Students will come to understand how contemporary writers have responded to one another and how they, too, must find ways of responding to their contemporaries. Students will imitate and appropriate the texts under examination. Required for Professional Writing majors. This course does not presume knowledge of material covered in WRT 171W. Prerequisite: WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
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  • WRT 210W: Managerial Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This course is geared toward the needs of business majors. Students will learn how to write effective letters, memos, reports, handouts, e-mails, and PowerPoint presentations. They will also learn the basics of document design and apply these principles to their writing assignments. Special emphasis will be placed on eithical communication, audience considerations, word choice and tone.
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  • WRT 219W: Writer's Toolbox

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    The Writer's Toolbox course focuses students on a topic of interest to professional writers. This course may be repeated for credit provided that the topic is not the same. The Writer's Toolbox course focuses students on a topic of interest to professional writers. This course may be repeated for credit provided that the topic is not the same. Prerequisite: WRT 101 or appropriate placement.
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  • WRT 242W: Poetry Workshop I

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This class will be a workshop where students will be introduced to the writing of poetry. Each student will gather appropriate information/data/perceptions (including but not limited to encounters with the natural world). Each student will be encouraged to develop his/her poetic talents as fully as possible. Emphasis will be placed on the actual language of the poems, the extent to which students succeed in incorporating their research into their poetry, and the extent to which students succeed in saying what they set out to say. This class will be a workshop where students will be introduced to the writing of poetry. Each student will gather appropriate information/data/perceptions (including but not limited to encounters with the natural world). Each student will be encouraged to develop his/her poetic talents as fully as possible. Emphasis will be placed on the actual language of the poems, the extent to which students succeed in incorporating their research into their poetry, and the extent to which students succeed in saying what they set out to say. Prerequisite: successful completion of WRT 101 or appropriate placement. WRT 134 is highly recommended but not required.
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  • WRT 243W: Fiction Workshop I

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    An introductory workshop in writing short fiction. Students will engage in a thorough study of the elements of fiction. Studies in this class may include the following: reading texts about the fiction writing process; reading established writer's fiction as models, prompts, and inspirations; engaging in various fiction writing exercises; writing short stories; and having short stories critiqued in a workshop setting. An introductory workshop in writing short fiction. Students will engage in a thorough study of the elements of fiction. Studies in this class may include the following: reading texts about the fiction writing process; reading established writers' fiction as models, prompts, and inspirations; engaging in various fiction writing exercises; writing short stories; and having short stories critiqued in a workshop setting. Prerequisite: successful completion of WRT 101 or appropriate placement. WRT 133W is highly recommended but not required.
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  • WRT 244W: Playwriting Workshop I

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    The purpose of this course is to afford students the opportunity to write a one-act play. In the process, students will become familiar with the nuts and bolts of the playwriting process: selection of story, creating characters, development of dialogue, plotting, scene by scene play-building, critical editing and script polishing. The workshop structure requires active participation as each play provides a "case in point" to discuss the specifics of stagecraft. The course culminates in "cold readings" of the student plays. The purpose of this course is to afford students the opportunity to write a one-act play. In the process, students will become familiar with the nuts and bolts of the playwriting process: selection of story, creating characters, development of dialogue, plotting, scene by scene play-building, critical editing and script polishing. The workshop structure requires active participation as each play provides a "case in point" to discuss the specifics of stagecraft. The course culminates in "cold readings" of the student plays. Prerequisite: successful completion of WRT 101 or appropriate placement. Recommended: THR 163, THR 181 or THR 182.
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