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3.00 Credits
Legal research, interpreting and analyzing laws, rules, and legal decisions; applying statutory and case law to particular fact situations; preparation of legal memoranda, case briefs and other forms of legal writing. Extensive library time will be required. Legal research, interpreting and analyzing laws, rules, and legal decisions; applying statutory and case law to particular fact situations; preparation of legal memoranda, case briefs and other forms of legal writing. Extensive library time will be required. Prerequisite:successful completion of one "W" course or permission of the instructor.
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This workshop will concentrate primarily on four major professional writing issues: 1) understanding libel and copyright law; 2) working with others in the editorial setting; 3) negotiating the tensions between the creative and "business" sides of professional writing; and 4) navigating complex ethical considerations as writers and editors. This workshop will concentrate primarily on four major professional writing issues: 1) understanding libel and copyright law; 2) working with others in the editorial setting; 3) negotiating the tensions between the creative and "business" sides of professional writing; and 4) navigating complex ethical considerations as writers and editors. Prerequisite:one 200-level "W" course or permission of the instructor.
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A workshop introducing students to the process of writing fact-based opinion such as is found on television, the Web, in magazines and newspapers. A workshop introducing students to the process of writing fact-based opinion such as is found on television, the Web, in magazines and newspapers. Prerequisite:one 200-level "W" course or permission of the instructor.
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A practical orientation to the composing process for potential and already-practicing elementary and middle school teachers. The course provides a theoretical and practical approach to the knowledge about rhetoric, composition, and developing learners that has recently come out of leading graduate schools. A practical orientation to the composing process for potential and already-practicing elementary and middle school teachers. The course provides a theoretical and practical approach to the knowledge about rhetoric, composition, and developing learners that has recently come out of leading graduate schools. Prerequisite:completion of at least two "W" courses above the 100-level or permission of the instructor. This course is highly recommended for elementary education majors across the curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop focusing on the requirements for becoming a writer who specializes in writing about a field such as computers, sports, legal affairs, education, science, the environment, or animal rights. Students choose a field to concentrate on for the semester.
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This workshop focuses on the kind of essay that combines factual incident and autobiography with a "story" approach that seeks epiphanies and the kind of emotion and characterization usually associated with fiction. This workshop focuses on the kind of essay that combines factual incident and autobiography with a "story" approach that seeks epiphanies and the kind of emotion and characterization usually associated with fiction. Prerequisite: successful completion of a "W" course or permission of the instructor. WRT 271W highly recommended, but not required.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to public relations writing at the corporate, governmental, and institutional level. Students will prepare press releases and develop public relations campaigns. Emphasis will be placed on the role of ethics and social responsibility among public relations practitioners. An introduction to public relations writing at the corporate, governmental, and institutional level. Students will prepare press releases and develop public relations campaigns. Emphasis will be placed on the role of ethics and social responsibility among public relations practitioners. Prerequisite: successful completion of WRT 270W or permission of the instructor.
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This class will be a workshop in which students will choose a semester long poetry writing project. Each student will gather information/data/perceptions (including but not limited to encounters with the natural world) that will be appropriate to his/her project. Each student will be encouraged and helped to develop his/her poetic sequence as fully as possible. Emphasis will be placed on the actual language of the poems, the extent to which the students succeed in incorporating their research into their poetry, and the extent to which the students succeed in creating an effective sequence of inter-related poems.
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A course that 1) provides a rigorous overview of one specific genre, 2) aks that students study and critique writers and writings in the specific genre from the perspective of craft, 3) asks students to write their own stories in the specific genre, and 4) asks that students critique each other's work in workshop settings. This course may be taken more than once so long as the topic is different. A course that 1) provides a rigorous overview of one specific genre, 2) asks that students study and critique writers and writings in the specific genre from the perspective of craft, 3) asks students to write their own stories in the specific genre, and 4) asks that students critique each other's work in workshop settings. This course may be taken more than once so long as the topic is different. Prerequisite: WRT 243W or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This advanced workshop provides students with the opportunity to write a full-length play. Complexity of plot and multiple subplots, creation of characters with unique voices and strong motivation will be emphasized. Integration of direction, technical direction and special effects will be considered. Students will present their scenes weekly thereby honing critical and editing skills. The course culminates in "cold readings" of student plays. This advanced workshop provides students with the opportunity to write a full-length play. Complexity of plot and multiple subplots, creation of characters with unique voices and strong motivation will be emphasized. Integration of direction, technical direction and special effects will be considered. Students will present their scenes weekly thereby honing critical and editing skills. The course culminates in "cold readings" of student plays. Prerequisite: succesful completion of THR/WRT 244W or permission of the instructor or department.
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