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3.00 Credits
Special topics courses in professional writing provide students with a range of opportunities for the intensive study of writing in various occupational or disciplinary fields, as well as in varied approaches to the writing process. Students will learn the preferred styles and conventions used within specific organizations and career fields, both through the study of representative writing samples and through hands-on writing experience. Likely course topics include medical writing, writing for social service organizations, writing for government agencies and NGOs, writing for non-profit organizations, writing for the arts, etc. The focus of each special topics course will be published in advance of course registration, and course level will vary according to the topics covered (either 300 or 400 level). Prerequisites for WRT 360-369: WRT 102; Prerequisites for WRT 460-69: WRT102, WRT210, WRT315 or permission of instructor. 3 credit hours.
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This course is a writing seminar for advanced students who wish to concentrate on specific genres and forms. The topic of this course may be suggested by faculty members or by students. In a given semester, this course might emphasize prose fiction; another semester could emphasize script-writing or non-fiction prose. This course may be repeated for different topics. Prerequisite: WRT102. 3 credit hours.
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This course is an advanced writing workshop. Students write poetry, fiction, or both and routinely present copies of work for class discussion and critique. Students revise work towards the development of a portfolio of imaginative writing. Students also present a poet or fiction writer to the class by providing biographical information as well as at least one representative poem or story. Prerequisites: WRT102 3 credit hours.
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This course is designed to improve your ability to write creatively when composing an essay or writing in various journalistic genres. Readings will include a variety of print and Internet sources that reflect the current state of non-fiction prose. Students will be asked to assemble a portfolio of essays, accompanied by brief abstracts and self-critical responses. Prerequisite: WRT102 3 credit hours.
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This course helps students to develop their skills in producing fiction and poetry for children. Students will write and revise at least ten poems and ten pages of fiction for children, and present this writing in a final class portfolio. This course employs the workshop method, with students presenting copies of their work for classroom discussion and constructive critique. Students will also present a children's author of their choice to the class, providing information about the life, work, and style of the author. Prerequisite: WRT102. 3 credit hours.
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This course is designed to teach students the craft of screenwriting by helping them master, among other things, the format and stylistic conventions followed when writing film scripts, the skill of telling a story with images and sounds, and the ability to render dialogue, characters, and dramatic situations both convincingly and compellingly. Students will learn to become proficient in these areas and others by compiling, over the course of the semester, a screenwriting portfolio comprising one or more short film scripts, as well as the first act of a feature film script. Prerequisite: WRT 102 3 credit hours
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This class is a practical forum about the submission of manuscripts to magazines and book publishers. This course assumes that students already have produced a body of written work-creative and/or nonfiction-both privately and in prior classes. Students will be required to keep a journal of their experiences studying the marketplace and submitting their writing and a portfolio of work they have revised toward publication. Authors who work in a variety of genres may be invited to speak to (or teach) the class. Prerequisite: WRT102. 3 credit hours.
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This course introduces students to the fields of copyediting and comprehensive editing within the context of professional writing. The course will teach students how to become effective editors, giving them the ability to develop objectives for editing, to work with and substantially improve texts and visuals in both print and electronic contexts, and to establish and maintain relationships with authors and others involved in the production of documents. Prerequisites: WRT102, WRT210, or permission of instructor. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides on-the-job experiences in the application of professional writing skills and knowledge. The student spends a minimum of 120 hours per semester in the performance of meaningful tasks required to produce effective professional documents. In addition, regular class and small-group meetings provide for integration of the student's academic and agency work. The seminar provides an opportunity to explore job possibilities as well as making academic work more meaningful through application of theoretical principles of writing. Prerequisites: An application is required six months prior to intended on-site experience (including a statement of objectives and goals); students must be accepted by an approved site; approval of instructor; GPA of 2.75 or higher and 60 credit hours completed before beginning on-site experience. Students may complete up to six credits of experiential learning. Prerequisites: WRT102,WRT 225 WRT315. 3 credit hours each.
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3.00 Credits
The Senior Seminar in writing provides a capstone academic experience for writing majors and helps to prepare them for the job market. The course will have three facets, mirroring the three main aspects of the professional writing curriculum: (1) reading and responding to essays on rhetoric and composition theory; (2) exploring careers in professional writing by reading case studies of professional writers and hearing from guest speakers, by performing mock interviews, and by investigating professional writers' organizations and graduate programs in writing; (3) revising writing from other courses (and from their experiential learning seminar) towards the formation of a professional writer's portfolio and current resume. Prerequisites: WRT102, WRT210, WRT315, and Senior Standing. 3 credit hours.
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