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WMBA Web MBA |
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WMBA 6080 - Management Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0
This course focuses on information technology and systems from a general management perspective. Topics of discussion include the management of the systems development process, the organizational cycle of information, technology planning, evaluation, selection, and strategic uses of information technology.
Prerequisite(s): Students must be enrolled in online MBA program.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WMBA 6100 - Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the production/ operations function within an organization. It will focus on the types of decisions to be made at various organizational levels and where appropriate, on particular models and quantitative techniques that can be useful in making those decisions. Emphasis will be placed on how those decisions are interrelated and on their strategic implications for the firm. Finally, it will consider how the operations function fits in with other functional areas of the firm.
Prerequisite(s): Student must be enrolled in online MBA program.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WMBA 6110 - Business Strategy (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0
This course focuses on global strategic management and encourages the analysis and development of business strategies within a global environment.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s):A minimum grade of “C” in WMBA 6010 and WMBA 6050 and WMBA 6060 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WGSS Womens Gender Sexuality |
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WGSS 2100 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and SexualityStudies (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Intersectional approach to introduce contemporary issues and historical, social, and theoretical contexts of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.
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WGSS 2200 - Gender in Global Contexts (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Interdisciplinary examination of global gender, race, class, and sexualities across cultural boundaries within social, historical, and theoretical contexts.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1101 .
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WGSS 3510 - Gender, Violence and Society (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
An overview of gender-based violence domestically and internationally. Students will analyze the political and cultural structures that perpetuate gender violence, and explore how gendered violence intersects with race, class, and sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1101 or WGSS 2100 .
Cross Listing(s): SOCI 3510 .
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WGSS 4700 - WGSS Internship (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 1-18
Individually designed project involving off campus study and research with an appropriate agency. Project may be completed in one semester, during which time the student will be under joint supervision of the sponsoring agency and the faculty supervisor. Upon completion of the internship the student will present a multi-modal presentation reflecting on the experience. Limited to WGSS majors.
Prerequisite(s): WGSS 2100 and WGSS 2200 and Area C.
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WGSS 4900 - WGSS Junior/Senior Seminar (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3
Advanced critical analysis methodology, and reflection on their course of study. Final research project required. Course required for WGSS majors.
Prerequisite(s): WGSS 2100 and WGSS 2200 and Area C.
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WGSS 5000 - Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Special topics in WGGS. May be equated with selected upper-level courses in the university curriculum when the content of those courses addresses issues related to WGGS.
Prerequisite(s): WGSS 2100 or WGSS 2200 and Area C or permission of instructor.
Is Course Repeatable: May be repeated for credit with different topics.
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WGSS 5500 - Topics in Women’s Leadership (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Examination of the basic themes of leadership through the lens of intersectionality. The course will address styles of leadership, globalization and women’s roles, under representation, the gender gap, and the roles of gender, race, sexualities, and class.
Prerequisite(s): WGSS 2100 or WGSS 2200 and Area C.
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WGSS 5700 - Perspectives in Feminist Theory (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
An historical and contemporary examination of feminist theories from an interdisciplinary and global perspective.
Prerequisite(s): WGSS 2100 or WGSS 2200 and Area C.
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WRIT Writing |
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WRIT 1101 - English Composition for Non-native Speakers (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
For students whose native language is not English. Concentrates on developing the student’s skills in thinking, reading and writing. Emphasis Is placed on the reading and understanding of prose selections and on the writing of clear, logical, well-constructed essays that are relatively free from serious grammatical faults. Includes a research paper. Credit for this course will be accepted in lieu of credit for ENGL 1101 . Upon completion of this course, the student will enroll in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): ENGL 1101 .
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WRIT 2090 - Selected Topics in Writing and Linguistics (1-3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 1-3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduces students to one or more topics preliminary to study of more specialized areas of Writing and Linguistics.
Cross Listing(s): LING 2090 .
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WRIT 2130 - Technical Communication (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Teaches students to improve written, oral and visual communication by requiring assignments relevant to their proposed professions. The focus is on the type of communication required by the scientific and engineering discourse communities.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 2131 - Applied Creative Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Investigates the applications of creative writing in media and forums including music, advertisements, radio, television, and popular culture. Students identify elements of craft in creative writing and practice applying these elements in their own creative writing.
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WRIT 2133 - Forms in Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to analyzing and writing in multiple genres, with a focus on understanding writing as a social activity shaped by audience, context, purpose, and genre conventions.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 or WRIT 1101 .
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WRIT 2135 - Reading as a Writer (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Focuses on engagement with the craft of writing. Students will read broadly in a range of genres and subgenres in order to practice close reading on the sentence level to discover and appreciate the intricacies involved in a writer’s artistic and aesthetic choices.
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WRIT 2230 - Careers in Writing and Linguistics (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course focuses on the broad employment opportunities available in the field of writing and linguistics, provides students with an understanding of their realistic options, and presents criteria for planning a focused job search in the field. This course situates an individual career search in a larger framework that addresses the economic, cultural, and social changes that have resulted in major shifts in the field.
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WRIT 2250 - Queer Rhetorics (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A survey course exploring and composing queer texts in a variety of genres through the lens of critical theory. This course introduces a range of theories such as gender, queerness, disability, power, and race as means to challenge norms in reading, writing, and analyzing texts, as well as to investigate and queer traditional classroom practices and hierarchies.
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WRIT 2290 - Creativity for Writers (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A survey course on artistic creativity focusing specifically on writers and writing, designed to explore what creativity is, how it works, how it affects us and our culture, and how we can best nurture it. The course will explore creative processes and artistic principles as understood by experts and as experienced by celebrated writers. Students will put into practice fundamental creative processes, applying and synthesizing theories and principles acquired during the course.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1101 .
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WRIT 2350 - Freelance Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
An introduction to the scope of freelance writing including review of industry terminology, identification of commercial opportunities for publication, strategies for querying and pitching, and preparation of commercially viable manuscripts for publication.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 2430 - Essential Grammar for Successful Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Offers study and analysis of grammar, punctuation, and rules of writing used in both academics and the professions. Challenges students to understand the evolving and situational nature of language, and how its grammatical structures vary and change.
Cross Listing(s): LING 2430 .
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WRIT 2450 - Writing for Social Media (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to emerging theory and practices relevant to social media.
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WRIT 2533 - Writing Popular Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Examines how writers compose popular culture in a variety of media such books, blogs, television, and other multimodal platforms and will include intertextual studies such as adaptions and video game construction. Students will investigate how popular culture shapes society and identities.
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WRIT 2535 - Writing and Place (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course examines the relationship between language and location by analyzing print and visual rhetoric’s of social and natural environments. Students explore such environments by focusing on travel writing, Eco composition, or globalization and writing.
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WRIT 3030 - Selected Topics in Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Offers varied courses in specialized areas of the field of writing.
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WRIT 3100 - Writing Autobiography (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course examines how writers compose their lives and construct social identities often against personal, societal, and cultural obstacles. Specifically we will examine elements such as trauma, memory, place, borders, ethnicity, and how they function in autobiographical works, including those by authors sometimes marginalized based on sexual orientation, race, gender, ethnicity, mental illness, disability, or socio-economics. Students will learn methods such as multimodal archival research in order to understand how research informs autobiography. They will also write in various genres to explore their lives as related to these contexts. Writing workshop and seminar format.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3130 - Creative Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop course focusing on the writing of poetry and prose, emphasizing close analysis of poetic and narrative forms with the purpose of encouraging students to develop their creative writing abilities and their awareness of creative writing techniques and strategies. Students read and discuss creative writing by established writers, evaluate the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated creative writing pieces.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3133 - Tutoring Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Focuses on the theory and practice of tutoring writing in writing centers and other educational settings. Course topics include tutoring ethics, effective tutoring strategies, analyzing student texts, addressing disciplinary discourses and conventions, and recognizing diverse student needs.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “B” in ENGL 1101 or WRIT 1101 .
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WRIT 3140 - Writing for Young Readers (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop focusing on writing for children and young adults. Students read and discuss theoretical as well as creative texts, write in multiple forms (such as poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and multimodal), and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated creative writing pieces.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3220 - Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Surveys the field of P&T, its various activities, and potential career paths.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3230 - Writing in the Workplace (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Writing practices and genres that support business processes and management communication, such as marketing and promotional writing, client-customer communication, and business to business communication.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” In ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3232 - Information Design (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course focuses on user-centered strategies for creating and analyzing visual documents and artifacts to enhance engagement, comprehension, and ethical representation of complex data.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3233 - Technical and Professional Editing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course encompasses the ideas of editing as a professional writing skill, with a focus on the role of an editor. Introduces various levels of editing including copyediting, content editing, proofreading, and style. The manipulation of documents, project management, and contemporary production processes are also introduced.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3234 - Research Methods for Writers (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods for writers, including surveys, interviews, experiments, questionnaires, and field research.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3310 - Digital Storytelling (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Theory and practice of applying narratives through digital tools. May include interactive fiction, game design, user experience and other modalities.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3320 - Introduction to Usability and user Experience (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to theories, practices and applications of user research, including user-centered design, participatory design, and user experience.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3430 - Linguistics and Grammar For Teachers (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course aims to introduce the pedagogy of English grammar, and is grounded in real pedagogical examples. Through lecture, workshops, and projects about writing, students will develop strategies for teaching grammar and usage in order to effectively teach basic grammatical, mechanical, and usage concepts.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): LING 3430 .
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WRIT 3433 - Comic Books, Culture, and Composition (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Investigates multiple dimensions of and models for comics and graphic novels. Explores historical and cultural themes in comic book and graphic novel content as well as the narrative conventions and composing processes that are unique to the creation of sequential art.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1101 or WRIT 1101 .
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WRIT 3435 - Writing and Healing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduces students to the physical, intellectual, and spiritual benefits of writing personal/cultural stories in classrooms, community groups, websites, and public memorials. By analyzing current theories and their own and each other’s narratives, students learn the connections between writing and health, silence and sickness.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3460 - Travel and Tourism Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to travel writing, the rhetoric of tourism, and the forms of writing relevant to contemporary tourism.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 3490 - Writing the Southern Experience (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop focused on exploring and articulating what it means to live in, or be from, the American South. The course covers a variety of genres, including but not limited to creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and hybrid forms. Students read and discuss creative writing by established writers, evaluate the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated creative writing pieces.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1101 .
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WRIT 3520 - Revision, Grammar and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Explores theories of grammar and the recursive nature of writing; offers strategies for revision; surveys the social forces underlying the standardization of writing, including academic writing, and the processes of language change.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1101 or WRIT 1101 and ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): LING 3520 .
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WRIT 3531 - Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduces students to the field of rhetoric and composition, including contemporary and historical issues in the areas of literacy, rhetoric, cultural studies, and genre as well as composition and the teaching of writing.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4130 - Creative Nonfiction Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop exploring the wide variety of creative nonfiction forms. Students read and discuss creative nonfiction by established creative nonfiction writers, evaluate the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated creative nonfiction pieces.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 or permission ofinstructor.
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WRIT 4131 - Teaching Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
An introduction to the theory and practice of teaching writing and writing processes, including designing writing assignments, pre-writing and revision strategies, as well as evaluating student writing with a focus on K-12.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4231 - Screenwriting (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A lecture and workshop-based course that focuses on the basic components necessary to write successful scripts for film, television, the web or other digital mediums. By learning the tenets of the form, and mastering the ins-and-outs of the structure of screenplays, aspiring screenwriters gain the tools to make their visual narratives come alive. Course work includes an introduction to formatting, plotting, and exposure to successful scripts and films that employ those facets. Includes a workshop component in which students’ scripts will be reviewed and given feedback by instructor and peers.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 or permission ofinstructor.
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WRIT 4300 - Applied Rhetoric of Science and Technology (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Theory and practice with popular audience genres and arguments in and about science and technology, including rhetorical strategies for ethical representation and dissemination of scientific knowledge to public audiences. Intended for both majors and non-majors.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4380 - Writing Grants and Proposals (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course provides direction on how to find, research and write proposals to secure grants.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4430 - Poetry Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop in which students review and practice the fundamentals of poetry writing, such as use of imagery, figurative language, and sound effects; and also learn and practice more complex aspects of poetry writing, such as writing in specific forms and genres. Students read and discuss poetry by established poets, evaluate the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated poems.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 or permission ofinstructor.
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WRIT 4530 - Fiction Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop in which students review and practice the fundamentals of fiction writing, including narrative structures, character development, and other aspects of craft . Students read and discuss fiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio of instructor-assigned and self-generated fiction pieces.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 or permission ofinstructor.
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WRIT 4550 - Literacy and Identity (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Examines the ways literacy shapes identity and is shared and used by individuals, families, and cultures. Special attention to relationship between cultural and literate practices, and to political, social, and personal implications of literacy.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4560 - Writing for Social Change (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Students will use multidisciplinary perspectives to study how rhetorical strategies and texts influence social change. Students will analyze and compose persuasive multimodal texts.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4570 - Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course explores the interaction of writing, rhetoric, and cultural studies, focusing on the theoretical bases for analyses of power and meaning in production, texts, and reception. Course content includes anti-racist, feminist, queer, transnational, or sociocultural frameworks, as well as applied multimodal and genre theories.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 4790 - Internship in Writing and Linguistics (1-6 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0
Open to juniors and above. Off-campus study, work and/or research, jointly supervised by sponsoring institution and staff member.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in LING 3630 or WRIT 3130 or WRIT 3230 or WRIT 3531 ; 2. 5 grade point average; supervisory staff member; recommendation of the department head.
Cross Listing(s): LING 4790 .
Is Course Repeatable: Repeatable up to a maximum of six credit hours. Six hours credit requires twenty-five hours a week at sponsoring institution, 3 hours credit requires fifteen hours.
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WRIT 5030 - Selected Topics in Writing (1-6 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 1-6 Lab Hours: 0
A seminar on particular topics in rhetoric and composition, the teaching of writing, English as a Second Language, linguistics, and creative writing not covered by other seminars.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5030G .
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WRIT 5030G - Selected Topics in Writing (1-6 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 1-6 Lab Hours: 0
A course on particular topics in rhetoric and composition, the teaching of writing, English as a Second Language, linguistics, and creative writing not covered by other courses. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5030 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5100 - Writing for New Media (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Examines theories, practices, and implications of emerging modalities including mobile technologies and social platforms. Students will learn to design effective written communications for different audiences and media, with a focus on design and aural, visual, and textual rhetorics.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
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WRIT 5130 - Modern English Grammar (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A study of the system of rules of word formation and sentence construction that we unconsciously employ in our daily use of the English language.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5130G , LING 5130 , LING 5130G .
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WRIT 5130G - Modern English Grammar (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 1-2 Lab Hours: 0
A study of the system of rules of word formation and sentence construction that we unconsciously employ in our daily use of the English language. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5130 , LING 5130 , LING 5130G .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5231 - Advanced Screenwriting (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Within a workshop and critique setting, students will work through the stages of feature screenplay writing. The course will focus on more advanced techniques, structure, and development of character and plot in long format through feature writing assignments.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s):A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 or WRIT 4231 ,or permission of instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5231G .
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WRIT 5231G - Advanced Screenwriting (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Within a workshop and critique setting, students will work through the stages of feature screenplay writing. The course will focus on more advanced techniques, structure, and development of character and plot in long format through feature writing assignments. Graduate students will be required to engage in advanced level research and writing, beyond the scope of undergraduate requirements, as determined by the course instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5231 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5250 - Advanced Technical Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A required course for all Writing and Linguistics majors in the professional and technical communication area, this course offers study in technical communication topics relevant to the profession, such as usability, freelancing, document analysis, ethics, medical writing, or rhetoric of science and technology.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5250G .
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WRIT 5250G - Advanced Technical Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A required course for all Writing and Linguistics majors in the professional and technical communication area. This course offers study in technical communication topics relevant to the profession, such as usability, freelancing, document analysis, ethics, medical writing, or rhetoric of science and technology. Graduate students will complete an additional assignment determined by the instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5250 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5330 - Rhetoric (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Rhetoric from Aristotle to the present, with emphasis on rhetorical analysis of texts and other forms of discourse.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5330G .
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WRIT 5330G - Rhetoric (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Rhetoric from Aristotle to the present, with emphasis on rhetorical analysis of texts and other forms of discourse.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5330 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5340 - History of the English Language (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A study of the English language from linguistic, social, and historical perspectives. Graduate students will be given an extra assignments determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): ENGL 5320 , ENGL 5320G , LING 5340 , LING 5340G , WRIT 5340G .
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WRIT 5340G - History of the English Language (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A study of the English language from linguistic, social, and historical perspectives. Graduate students will prepare and present a research topic on a class concept and will receive quizzes that are more detailed and cover more complex aspects of linguistics.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5340 , LING 5340 , LING 5340G , ENGL 5320 , ENGL 5320G .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5430 - Advanced Poetry Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students’ ownpoems. The course deepens and expands the poetry writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students Will read and discuss poetry by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers and produce a portfolio. Graduate Students Will be required to engage in advanced level research and writing, beyond the scope of undergraduate requirements, as determined by the course instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s):A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 2131 or WRIT 2133 or WRIT 3130 , or permission of instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5430G .
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WRIT 5430G - Advanced Poetry Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students’ own poems. The course deepens and expands the poetry writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students will read and discuss poetry by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers and produce a portfolio. Graduate students will be required to engage in advanced level research and writing, beyond the scope of undergraduate requirements, as determined by the course instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5430 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5510 - Writing for the Nonprofit Sector (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Techniques for writing for local and national nonprofit organizations. Possible service learning component.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5510G .
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WRIT 5510G - Writing for the Nonprofit Sector (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Techniques for writing for local and national nonprofit organizations. Possible service learning component.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5510 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5520 - Writing for Publication (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course prepares students for writing for publication in a digital age. Students are encouraged to pursue various areas of research and interests as they learn how to locate suitable venues for publication, write query letters to publishers, format manuscripts for submission, and deal with revision and editing in today’s technological environment. Graduate students will be expected to do an extra project.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5520G .
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WRIT 5520G - Writing for Publication (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course prepares students for writing for publication in a digital age. Students are encouraged to pursue various areas of research and interests as they learn how to locate suitable venues for publication, write query letters to publishers, format manuscripts for submission, and deal with revision and editing in today’s technological environment. Graduate students will be expected to do an extra project.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5520 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5530 - Sociolinguistics (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
The principles and methods used to study language as a sociocultural phenomenon. These are examined both from the linguistic viewpoint and the social scientific viewpoint.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5530G , LING 5530 , LING 5530G .
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WRIT 5530G - Sociolinguistics (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
The principles and methods used to study language as a sociocultural phenomenon. These are examined both from the linguistic viewpoint and the social scientific viewpoint. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5530 , LING 5530G , LING 5530G .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5531 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students’ own creative nonfiction. The course deepens and expands the writing skills and knowledge learned in undergraduate expository writing courses. Students read and discuss creative nonfiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio. Graduate students will be required to engage in advanced level research and writing, beyond the scope of undergraduate requirements, as determined by The Course instructor.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 , or permission ofinstructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5531G .
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WRIT 5531G - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students’ own creative nonfiction. The course deepens and expands the writing skills and knowledge learned in undergraduate expository writing courses. Students read and discuss creative nonfiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio. Graduate students will be required to engage in advanced level research and writing, beyond the scope of undergraduate requirements, as determined by the course instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5531 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5532 - Writing Flash Prose (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop in which students study and write short prose forms such as the short-short story, brief creative nonfiction, and prose poetry.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 2131 or WRIT 2133 or WRIT 3130 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5532G .
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WRIT 5532G - Writing Flash Prose (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop in which students study and write short prose forms such as the short-short story, brief creative nonfiction, and prose poetry. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5532 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5533 - Teaching College Composition (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Students will learn foundational theories and pedagogies for teaching college-level writing, including writing assessment, teaching for transfer, and community-oriented pedagogies. Students will apply their learning to designing and evaluating college level writing activities and assignments.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5533G .
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WRIT 5533G - Teaching College Composition (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Students will learn foundational theories and pedagogies for teaching college-level writing, including writing assessment, teaching for transfer, and community-oriented pedagogies. Students will apply their learning to designing and evaluating college level writing activities and assignments Graduate students will be given additional assignments not required of undergraduate students.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5533 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5535 - Intellectual Property (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course provides an introduction and general overview of fundamental aspects of intellectual property. Students will learn about such topics as the history of copyright laws, fair use, and the public domain.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5535G .
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WRIT 5535G - Intellectual Property (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course provides an introduction and general overview of fundamental aspects of intellectual property. Students will learn about such topics as the history of copyright laws, fair use, and the public domain. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5535 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5540 - Plain Language in Workplace Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to the principles of plain language in workplace communication. Students will analyze document design along with passages at the word-, sentence-, and paragraph-level, and conduct usability testing to improve documents’ clarity. Students will examine the history of plain language movements and understand the social impact of plain language in legal, medical, and professional contexts. Students Will revise and create documents in plain language for use by specific audiences.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5540G.
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WRIT 5550 - Publication Design (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Techniques for preparing documents from development to publication.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5550G .
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WRIT 5550G - Publication Design (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Techniques for preparing documents from development to publication.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5550 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5560 - Advanced Fiction Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students’ ownfiction. The course deepens and expands the fiction writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students Will read and discuss fiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in WRIT 3130 , or permission ofinstructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5560G .
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WRIT 5560G - Advanced Fiction Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 1-2 Lab Hours: 0
A creative writing workshop which focuses primarily on the students’ own fiction. The course deepens and expands the fiction writing skills and knowledge developed in lower-level creative writing workshops. Students will read and discuss fiction by established writers, evaluate their work and the work of their peers, and produce a portfolio. Graduate students will be required to engage in advanced level research and writing, beyond the scope of undergraduate requirements, as determined by the course instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5560 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5570 - Advanced Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course further explores the interaction of writing, rhetoric, and cultural studies, focusing on the theoretical bases for analyses of power and meaning in production, texts, and reception. Course content includes anti-racist, feminist, queer, transnational, or sociocultural frameworks, as well as applied multimodal and genre theories. This advanced course also includes a specialized module where students will prepare for high-level academic research, including conference presentations and publication.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5570G .
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WRIT 5570G - Advanced Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This graduate level course further explores the interaction of writing, rhetoric, and cultural studies, focusing on the theoretical bases for analyses of power and meaning in production, texts, and reception. Course content includes anti-racist, feminist, queer, transnational, or sociocultural frameworks, as well as applied multimodal and genre theories. This advanced course also includes a specialized module where students will prepare for high-level academic research, including conference presentations and publication. Graduate students will produce an extra advanced project from this course.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5570 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 5580 - Social Media Management (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Analyzes the meanings and implications of social media on reading and writing as well as explores the relationship between an organization’s technologies of writing and cultural narratives of identity, subjectivity, andagency to build effective user experiences.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in ENGL 1102 .
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5580G .
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WRIT 5580G - Social Media Management (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Analyzes the meanings and implications of social media on reading and writing as well as explores the relationship between an organization’s technologies of writing and cultural narratives of identity, subjectivity, and agency to build effective user experiences. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.
Cross Listing(s): WRIT 5580 .
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 6030 - Selected Topics in Writing and Linguistics (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This graduate level course will cover special topics related to writing, rhetoric, technical communication, and visual rhetoric. Topics may include science writing, environmental rhetorics, information design, multimodal writing, digital authoring and publishing, and risk communication.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 6110 - Managing Digital Documents (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course will offer students the opportunity to shape text for different multimedia environments, from traditional websites to the constraints of smart phone applications. Students will explore the writing challenges at stake in the midst of existing (and changing) online publication venues and digital social networking framings.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 6133 - Usability and User Experience (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course focuses on usability research methods and testing, and theories of usability in professional and technical writing. Students will be introduced to user-centered design, participatory design, and user experience approaches to user research and usability practices.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 7100 - Professional Communication Strategies (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Advanced professional communication strategies employed by leaders in business, industry, education, and health professions, including strategies to improve and refine workplace communication processes, practices, and workflows.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 7110 - Applied Ethics in Professional and Technical Communication (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Training in professional ethics in the workplace.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 7120 - Rhetorics of Health and Medicine (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course examines how rhetoric shapes thinking and decision-making about health and medicine, with particular emphasis on how rhetorical theories can inform the design of effective communication in these contexts.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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WRIT 7250 - Plain Language in Workplace Writing (3 Credit Hours)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Introduction to the principles of plain language in workplace communication. Students will analyze document design, edit at the word-, sentence-, and paragraph-level, and apply user-centered principles.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students
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