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3.00 Credits
Students will implement principles and practices of public relations introduced in CMM 377, Introduction to Public Relations. Specifically, students will work with a client – a non-profit organization in the Syracuse, New York area – to develop a public relations plan that supports the client’s general mission. The plan will represent the core of the class work, around which discussion of PR issues (such as ethics, role in the organizational setting, crisis communication) will take place. By the end of the semester, it is expected that students will show the ability to strategically engage in public relations planning, produce public relations tools (press releases, op-eds, pitch letters), write effectively, and identify barriers to effective and credible public relations practice. Prerequisites or corequisites: CMM 377.
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3.00 Credits
Participation in a field learning experience related to the area of communication. The student intern reports as required to the faculty member assigned to supervise this field experience and will be expected to evaluate the experience and relate it to his or her academic program. Enrollment by permission of the internship director.
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3.00 Credits
A course sequence that offers thematically focused elective courses of current interest to instructors and students. Selections may include such topics as writing historical fiction, magical realism, children’s stories, narrative poetry, the poem sequence and poetry in traditional forms. Any CRW special topics course may be used to fulfill part or all of the creative writing curriculum requirement for nine hours of writing workshops.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive practice in the writing and criticism of poetry and fiction. Associated readings geared to the needs of the individual participant. Prerequisites: ENG 102 and ENG 200/ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop that introduces students to the techniques of dramatic writing. In our explorations of structure, dialogue and methods of characterization, students begin by writing one- to two- page exercises, advance to outlines for plot and character and finally write a ten-minute play which is performed in class. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 200/ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides study and practice in the special requirements of writing fictional works for television and film. This course will focus on: basic dramatic structures and story telling, the premise, the pitch, character development, writing the treatment, story outlines, writing the master scene and completing the script. At semester end, students are expected to produce full-length tele-plays, radio dramas or film scripts. Prerequisite: ENG 102, ENG 200/ENG 218 .
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1.00 Credits
This is a five-week course for students interested in sharing their creative writing skills with senior citizens in a workshop held at the Jewish Health and Rehabilitation Center. Students will meet weekly with the instructor to plan workshop strategies, then will implement those strategies in a weekly workshop geared toward helping senior citizen participants grasp a few basic elements of creative writing. Additionally, students will produce new writing of their own and will share that writing in workshops. Thus, the student will have the opportunity to act as both participant and facilitator. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 200/ENG 218.
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3.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to write a one-act play. It is designed for students who have some experience with writing plays or with a strong creative writing background. We will explore structure, dialogue, methods of characterization, conflict, plot, subplot and theatrical components (movement, sound, visual effects) using discussion, examples and exercises. We will advance to plot outlines and character sketches, and finally the student will write a one-act play, which will be performed in class. Prerequisite: CRW 386 or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A student who wishes to pursue an independent project for academic credit must submit, prior to registration, a proposed plan that includes a description of the project and its goals, the methods to be followed, a schedule of work and supervision, an evaluation procedure and the number of credits sought. The proposal must be approved by the supervising faculty member, the department chair and the dean of arts and sciences. It will be kept on file in the dean of arts and sciences’ office. An independent study concentrating on writing may be used to fulfill part or all of the creative writing curriculum requirement for nine hours of writing workshops.
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3.00 Credits
A poetry writing workshop for students who have completed the introductory creative writing workshop or who can demonstrate advanced creative writing abilities. The course requires a close study of poems by major modern and contemporary authors and may include the composition of a long poem (narrative and/or philosophical) and exercises in traditional forms. Prerequisites: ENG 102, ENG 200/ENG 218, CRW 385.
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