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2014-15 Catalog 
    
2014-15 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

 

 

Writing

Lower Division Courses
University Seminar now teaches introductory composition courses and offers a writing waiver by portfolio. For questions and registration for lower division composition classes (WR 122 or 227), please visit the University Seminar office (Central 008).

Upper Division Courses
Note: ENG 298 is a prerequisite to most upper division writing classes. WR 280 and CW 281-282 are additional prerequisites for upper division rhetoric, fiction writing, and poetry writing courses. In order to be admitted into 300-level Creative Writing workshops (WR 380 and CW 381-282), in addition to existing prerequisites, students must achieve a grade of B- or higher in WR 280 and CW 281-282.

*A combined maximum of 8 credit hours of WR 405, 407, and 409 may be applied to the major.

  
  • WR 410 - Community Engagement Writing: Internships and Practica


    4 credits
    A writing and internship course that exposes students to professional applications of rhetoric and writing through fieldwork with people and organizations outside the classroom. Approved for University Studies (Integration - Strand I). Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 . (Cross-listed with ENG 410 .)
  
  • WR 414 - Advanced Composition


    4 credits
    A writing-intensive course for English and writing majors and minors. Offers advanced instruction and practice in writing. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 . (Students registering at the 414 level must be English and writing majors or minors or have instructor consent.)
  
  • WR 415 - Supervised Tutoring Practicum


    1 to 15 credits
    Trains students to tutor students of all disciplines. Tutors are responsible for giving writing assistance on a one-on-one basis or in groups. Good writing and interpersonal communication skills are necessary. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. Prerequisite(s): ENG 298  and instructor consent.
  
  • WR 455 - The History of Publishing: From Alphabet to E-Book


    4 credits
    Explores the history of the book in the West from the invention of writing to electronic publication. Topics include authorship, publication, manufacture, distribution, reception, competition, and the survival of books. Introduces students to various writing professions through visits from professional writers. Recommended: ENG 300 .
  
  • WR 472 - Teaching Written Composition


    4 credits
    Preparation for teaching writing in K–14 language arts and composition classes. Emphasizes recent theory and research in the teaching of writing. Class members learn to model desirable writing and learning behaviors. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 .
  
  • WR 480 - Advanced Topics in Rhetoric


    4 credits
    Focuses on rhetorical invention in relation to emerging media. Students will explore the communicative value of emerging media and learn to communicate with rhetorical purpose in mind, critically analyze, interpret and invent with multiple modes and methods of rhetoric and to learn to invent and express themselves through multivocal rhetorical inventions. Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits with different topics. Prerequisite(s):  CW 320  and WR 380  .
  
  • WR 493 - Topics in Rhetoric


    4 credits
    Explores a range of rhetorical theories and practices. Topics may include Western rhetorical history and traditions, discourse analysis, twentieth-century rhetorical theory, rhetoric and the body, women in rhetoric, rhetoric and cultural studies, and rhetoric and technology. Repeat credit is allowed for different topics. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 .
  
  • WR 499 - Special Studies


    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits.
  
  • WR 503 - Thesis


    1 to 9 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.  
  
  • WR 505 - Writing and Conference


    1 to 6 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
  
  • WR 507 - Writing Seminar


    1 to 15 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable.
  
  • WR 509 - Practicum


    1 to 16 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
  
  • WR 514 - Advanced Composition


    4 credits
    A writing-intensive course for English and writing majors and minors. Offers advanced instruction and practice in writing. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 . (Students registering at the 414 level must be English and writing majors or minors or have instructor consent.)
  
  • WR 515 - Supervised Tutoring Practicum


    1 to 15 credits
    Trains students to tutor students of all disciplines. Tutors are responsible for giving writing assistance on a one-on-one basis or in groups. Good writing and interpersonal communication skills are necessary. Repeatable for a maximum of 15 credits. Prerequisite(s): ENG 298  and instructor consent.
  
  • WR 555 - The History of Publishing: From Alphabet to E-Book


    4 credits
    Explores the history of the book in the West from the invention of writing to electronic publication. Topics include authorship, publication, manufacture, distribution, reception, competition, and the survival of books. Introduces students to various writing professions through visits from professional writers. Recommended: ENG 300 .
  
  • WR 572 - Teaching Written Composition


    4 credits
    Preparation for teaching writing in K–14 language arts and composition classes. Emphasizes recent theory and research in the teaching of writing. Class members learn to model desirable writing and learning behaviors. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 .
  
  • WR 580 - Advanced Topics in Rhetoric


    4 credits
    Focuses on rhetorical invention in relation to emerging media. Students will explore the communicative value of emerging media and learn to communicate with rhetorical purpose in mind, critically analyze, interpret and invent with multiple modes and methods of rhetoric and to learn to invent and express themselves through multivocal rhetorical inventions. Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits with different topics. Prerequisite(s):  WR 320 and WR 380 .
  
  • WR 593 - Topics in Rhetoric


    4 credits
    Explores a range of rhetorical theories and practices. Topics may include Western rhetorical history and traditions, discourse analysis, twentieth-century rhetorical theory, rhetoric and the body, women in rhetoric, rhetoric and cultural studies, and rhetoric and technology. Repeat credit is allowed for different topics. Prerequisite(s): ENG 300 .
  
  • WR 599 - Special Studies


    1 to 4 credits
    Credits to be arranged. Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits.
 

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