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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Studies history of ideas about rhetoric and the effective use of language and images. Focuses on practical applications of rhetorical strategies for critiquing and composing written, visual and oral texts.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces theories of writing including both study of and practice in the methods the theories require. Provides opportunities to research and debate various theories on writing instruction in the classroom and/or workplace. Students will enhance their own writing skills, develop a philosophy on teaching writing, and practice pedagogical strategies.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on clear and concise writing for online audiences. Teaches students to curate and create online content and to write effectively while accounting for user diversity, goals, needs, environments, behaviors, and mobility. Written assignments may include a persona and scenario project, a content strategy, an information-rich website, blog entries, a series of professional LinkedIn posts, and/or a usability test report.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on technical editing skills and application of editorial style in a variety of genres and in a variety of contexts, including print and electronic media.
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3.00 Credits
Cultivates comprehensive and intensive knowledge of Shakespeare's works and requires students to demonstrate the ability to offer informed analyses of various texts. The course fulfills standards of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) for Secondary Education English students.
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3.00 Credits
Features the reading and analysis of the works of a major author (or pair of authors), with careful consideration of elements such as history, culture, psychology, pedagogy, and craft.
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3.00 Credits
Examines representative works from a particular genre, with special emphasis on their aesthetic features as well as the larger cultural and social forces that find their way, directly or indirectly, into each work. The course may focus on Modern Drama, Modern Novel, Comedy of Manners, Gothic Novel, Renaissance Drama, Romance, Memoir and Autobiography, among others. Emphasis will be on critical reading methods, engagement with secondary criticism, enhancement of critical thinking, and developing writing skills.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the teaching of Young Adult (YA) literature, based on a broad definition of literacy consistent with national standards in English/Language Arts. Addresses modes, audiences, and genres, proposing criteria that can be used for choosing texts for the secondary English Language Arts classroom. Provides theoretical justification for YA literature, as well as pedagogical strategies.-a
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3.00 Credits
Fosters the completion of an extended creative, scholarly, or professional project related to students' program track and serves as the capstone course experience. Students create, workshop, and revise a substantive project which is suitable to showcase their skills for job/graduate school interviewing. Attention is also given to practical preparation for graduate school or a job market that values students' particular skills as writers.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Provides an opportunity for an English major to pursue a course of reading and inquiry into some specific topic in literature, literacy studies, writing studies, or rhetoric that differs in subject matter, depth, or emphasis from our regular course offerings. The English Department faculty member conducting the independent study will be responsible for creating a syllabus, designing assessment, and grading. Credit varies according to topic as determined by instructor.
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