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| WRIT 500 - The Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writers (3:3:1). |
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Description: Advanced study of the theory and practice of tutoring writers with particular attention to the composing process, theories of learning in a conference setting, and rapid analysis of student writing with the goal of engaging student writers in posing solutions to their writing problems.
Notes: Offered in fall.
Prerequisites: WRIT 101 with a grade of C- or better or graduate standing.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 1.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Laboratory/Clinical, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 501 - Writing for New Media (3). |
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Description: A discussion of and hands-on workshop in writing in and for digital environments, including the rhetorical, contextual, and ethical issues involved in creating such texts; the criteria for evaluating such texts; and the skills needed to create such texts.
Notes: Intensive Writing course. Offered in fall of odd years.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 and a previous WRIT course above 199 with a grade of C- or better, or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture/Lab-Clinical, Seminar/Recitation English Department Course Attributes: Intensive Writing, Technology Requirement |
| WRIT 502 - Digital English Studies: Literature, Rhetoric, and Technology (3). |
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Description: This class will examine many of the challenging possibilities now open for literary study and literary theory. It considers works from Blake to Borges to cyberpunk; works with online materials and literary archives; wrestles with modern rhetorical and digital theorists; and experiments with creating online texts and critiquing them.
Prerequisite: CRTW 201 with a grade of C- or better or graduate status.
Notes: Meets the Technology Requirement for ENGL majors. Offered in fall.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture/Lab-Clinical English Department Course Attributes: Technology Requirement |
| WRIT 503 - Creative Writing Theory (3). |
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Description: An exploration of the theory of the creative writing process, technique, and authorial intent. Students will examine established authors' complex perspectives on these topics and will write their own essays and creative works.
Prerequisite: CRTW201 with a grade of C- or better and either WRIT 307 or WRIT 316; or graduate status; or permission of the instructor.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department Course Attributes: Intensive Writing |
| WRIT 507 - Advanced Fiction Writing (3). |
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Description: An examination of contemporary literary short fiction and advanced fiction-writing craft. Through workshop, students will create, edit, and revise multiple original stories.
Notes: Offered in fall.
Prerequisites: HMXP102 with a grade of C- or better and WRIT 307, or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 507H - Advanced Fiction Writing (3). |
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Description: An examination of contemporary short fiction and completion of 10,000 words comprising two to four original works.
Notes: Offered in fall.
Prerequisites: Honors eligibility required. CRTW 201 is a prerequisite for all WRIT courses above 199. Students must attain a grade of C- or better in these courses, WRIT 307 or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation English Department |
| WRIT 510 - Topics in Writing and Rhetoric (3). |
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Description: An examination of topics, issues, methodologies, and practices. Course content will vary.
Notes: Offered periodically. May be retaken for additional credit with permission of Department Chair.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 and a previous WRIT or ENGL course above 199 with a grade of C- or better, or graduate status, or permission of the instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 510H - Topics in Writing and Rhetoric (3). |
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Description: An examination of topics, issues, methodologies, and practices. Course content will vary.
Notes: Offered periodically. May be retaken for additional credit with permission of Department Chair.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 and a previous WRIT or ENGL course above 199 with a grade of C- or better, or graduate status, or permission of the instructor.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 511 - Topics in Writing and Critical Communication (3). |
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Description: An examination of topics, issues, methodologies, and practices. Course content will vary.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 and a previous WRIT or ENGL course numbered above 199 with a grade of C- or better, or graduate status, or permission of the instructor.
Notes: May be retaken for additional credits as topics vary. Focus topic will be designated on the transcript.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 511H - Topics in Writing and Critical Communication (3). |
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Description: An examination of topics, issues, methodologies, and practices. Course content will vary.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 and a previous WRIT or ENGL course numbered above 199 with a grade of C- or better, or graduate status, or permission of the instructor.
Notes: May be retaken for additional credits as topics vary. Focus topic will be designated on the transcript.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 516 - Poetry Writing II (3). |
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Description: An advanced workshop course similar to WRIT 316 in format. More critical analysis of established poets. Additional work on traditional forms.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 with a grade of C- or better and WRIT 316, or permission of instructor, or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture, Seminar/Recitation English Department |
| WRIT 516H - Poetry Writing II |
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Description: An advanced workshop course similar to WRIT 316 in format. More critical analysis of established poets. Additional work on traditional forms.
Notes: Offered in fall and spring.
Prerequisites: Honors eligibility required. CRTW 201 is a prerequisite for all WRIT courses above 199. Students must attain a grade of C- or better in these courses. WRIT 316 or permission of instructor or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation English Department |
| WRIT 566 - Writing for Sciences and Technology (3). |
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Description: Intensive analysis of and preparation to write for publication in the scientific and technical literature. Intended for advanced students planning careers in science and technology.
Notes: Intensive Writing and Intensive Oral Communication course. Offered in spring of odd years.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 with a grade of C- or better; and either ENGL 380 or successful completion of a 200-level or higher course in BIOL, CHEM, CSCI, ENVS, GEOG, GEOL, GRNT, NUTR, MATH, PHYS, PSYC, SCIE, or WELL, or permission of the instructor; or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department Course Attributes: Intensive Writing, Oral Communication |
| WRIT 566H - Writing for Sciences and Technology (3). |
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Description: Intensive analysis of and preparation to write for publication in the scientific and technical literature. Intended for advanced students planning careers in science and technology.
Notes: Intensive Writing and Intensive Oral Communication course. Offered in spring of odd years.
Prerequisites: HMXP 102 with a grade of C- or better; and either ENGL 380 or successful completion of a 200-level or higher course in BIOL, CHEM, CSCI, ENVS, GEOG, GEOL, GRNT, NUTR, MATH, PHYS, PSYC, SCIE, or WELL, or permission of the instructor; or graduate status.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department Course Attributes: Intensive Writing, Oral Communication |
| WRIT 599 - General Writing Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 610 - Seminar in Composition, Theory and Pedagogy (3). |
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Description: This course involves intensive analysis of contemporary composition theories, including their historical roots and classroom applications, and will help prepare students to teach composition.
Notes: Offered in spring terms.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation English Department |
| WRIT 615 - Seminar in Writing (3). |
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Description: An advanced workshop in writing. Topics and types of writing may vary.
Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer. May be retaken for additional credit with permission of chair, Department of English.
3.000 Credit hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Seminar/Recitation English Department |
| WRIT 616 - Summer Writing Institute I (3). |
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Description: An institute devoted to the exploration of practical and imaginative approaches to teaching the writing process.
Notes: May not be retaken. Offered in summer.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 617 - Summer Writing Institute II (3). |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
| WRIT 620 - Directed Research in Writing (3). |
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Description: Student will explore an independent topic in creative or critical writing, or rhetoric and composition, in conjunction with the instructor. Texts will be chosen by students in consultation with instructors; research will be directed by instructor.
Notes: Offered periodically.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research English Department |
| WRIT 699 - General Writing Elective |
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3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study/Research, Lecture English Department |
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