EN 539 Technical Editing

This course is an interactive practice of the skills asked upon of technical editors. Using a workshop setting, students will be introduced to the roles technical editors play within various organizations. Students will complete several technical editing projects using both digital and hard copy editing methods. The ethics of technical editors will also be examined.

 

EN 534W Language and Gender

This course closely examines the nature and function of sex differences in written and spoken language on a cross-cultural basis. While the emphasis is on spoken and written language, some attention is also paid to differences in nonverbal communication. The contrasts between stereotypes, about how women and men communicate, and the actual occurring patterns are carefully examined. The significance of different communication patterns is considered in connection with theoretical models drawn from sociolinguistics, anthropology, and psychology. 

EN 540W Grant Writing

This course provides writing students with the advanced knowledge necessary to research grant opportunities, design conceptual grant programs, develop and assess budgetary issues and prepare a final grant project for full review. Special focus is placed on nonprofit organizations. The curriculum is based on grant writing opportunities for existing nonprofit organizations. Students will learn about the opportunities available to them as grant writers.

 

EN 544W Grant Writing for the Creative Writer

The course is designed for students of Creative Writing, professionals who are teaching Creative Writing, and students working in the non-academic and non-profit world who plan to submit their works for grants, fellowships, and/or retreats in the Arts and Humanities.

 

EN 545W Multimodal Writing

This course closely examines theories of multimodality. Students will begin with a close examination of Gunther Kress, the father of multimodality and end with a 360-degree examination of the future impact multimodal writing will have within the field. A case study approach will be used to introduce students to the various problem-solving techniques that writers must use when considering the impact of multimodality.

 

EN 575W Literacy, Culture, and Writing

This course is an extensive reading of the major themes that inform the understanding of written and oral discourse. Emphasis is given to the historical impact the written word has had upon the technological development of modern society.

 

EN 602W Introduction to Graduate Studies: Seminar in Writing

This course is an intensive study of written discourse typical of professional communities in business, education, and government. Attention will be given to global understandings of context to underscore the interdependence of technical and creative agency within writing.

 

EN 609W Rhetorical Theory and Culture

The tradition of rhetoric in Western culture extends almost 3000 years through history and impacts nearly every facet of human communication. From Aristotle to the war on terrorism, this course covers a broad spectrum of definitions about rhetoric and the uses of rhetoric in business and creative endeavors in a global society.

 

EN 610W Composition Theory

This course examines theories of written composition and the ways in which those theories inform education and business. Central to this study is a historical overview of the discipline, focusing on process and post process theories of composition that have emerged since the late 1960's.

 

EN 615W Technical Writing

This course is an intensive study of the history, theory, and function of technical writing. Using a workshop setting, students will be introduced to the roles technical writers play within various organizations. A variety of working technical writers will join the class throughout the semester as guest speakers. Students will complete several technical writing projects while working in groups and individually. Global and local technical writing issues will be examined using case studies, and the ethics of technical writers will also be examined.

 

EN 625W Document Design

This course is an intensive study of the rhetorical theory and research in document design. Attention will be given to both flat text documents and those in digital environments. The transfer of theory into practice is demonstrated through the practical application of design software. Successful teamwork and group work will be required.

 

 

EN 635 Publishing Practicum

This course allows writing students to experience the publishing process from beginning to end using a project/client as the basis for the course theme and focus. Projects will vary but will range from both print to digital publishing. Students will build on the skills they acquire in EN 625:Document Design and couple those skills with communication and management skills necessary to take a project from manuscript to print.

 

 

EN 645W Seminar in Creative Writing

A workshop focusing on the student’s major genre and signature style as well as training in the history and traditions associated with the genre and style, theoretical and formal approaches to creative craft, and intensive peer and faculty feedback, with opportunities to assist in the production of a literary magazine or writing series.

 

 

EN 656W Seminar in Literary Editing and Publishing    

Focused study of the role of literary editing in the industry and all aspects of literary editing for the commercial and nonprofit press, including the protocols of e-publishing, self-publishing, and print-on-demand books; protocols expected from the small press, print and online little magazines, the university press, and the post-avant press. Introduction to InDesign with each student producing a press-ready complete chapbook of original work.

 

 

EN 660W Writing Internship

This course provides the student with an opportunity to work as a professional writer and earn college credit under the direction of a graduate English faculty member.

 

 

EN 691W  Selected Seminar in Writing

This course is a concentrated study in specific areas of Writing.

 

 

EN 694W Directed Project

In addition to course requirements, MA in Writing candidates must complete an independent research project under the direction of a member of the graduate English faculty. This project should serve in some significant way as a culminating experience of the MA in Writing program.