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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide students with the tools they need to make the transition from undergraduate academic study to professional application of skills, apply for and obtain internships, and identify and work towards specific post-graduation goals. Students will learn about internship and professional opportunities for English and Professional Writing majors, create professional resumes and cover letters, complete effective social media profiles, create a professional website, network with professionals, and apply for and obtain internships. Students will be required to update the professional website during the internship to include work done during this experience. This is a required course for all undergraduate English and Professional Writing majors and should be taken prior to the for-credit internship experience.
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3.00 - 9.00 Credits
The Professional Writing/English internship creates the opportunity for supervised, practical work experience in professional contexts wherein the skills attendant to English Studies are valued and can be developed. Internships are to be secured by the student under the advisement and coordination of English Department faculty, following ENG/WRI 380 Professionalization Seminar. The internship will extend the student's academic studies into the workplace and may fall into such professional categories as Editing, Journalism, Publishing, Public Relations, Social Media, Research, Campaign Organization, Communications, or Marketing. This internship may be taken for three, six, or nine credits.
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3.00 Credits
This graduate-level workshop focuses on the production of original works of fiction, poetry, or drama. Using contemporary writers as models, students will explore various writing styles consistent with the practice of contemporary writing. Students will examine craft and technique used by celebrated authors. As this is a workshop, students are expected to critique the works of their peers and actively participate in classroom discussions. The course is meant to prepare students technically and creatively for further study in creative writing with the goal of producing publishable works. Emphasis is placed on the writing process itself.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the histories of rhetoric as well as contemporary intersections and applications across disciplines. Depending on the particular interests of the professor, one or more specific area(s) such as media, popular culture, sciences, feminisms and gender studies, composition studies, literary theories, literacies, global issues, pedagogy, arts, and political discourse will be chosen for a more detailed study. Critical to the course are the writing assignments that allow students to examine issues in more depth and explore alternative rhetorical stances and situations.
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