Courses Fulfilling Requirements
Course Requirements
All courses are to be Writing Enriched or Writing Intensive. In certain cases, the program director may permit students to substitute other courses for those required or permit other exceptions to the guidelines. A maximum of five courses may be taken from any one department.
Writing Practice Courses
(Three courses must be taken from this category.)
| ENG 2000 - Adv Expository Writing ENG 2003 - Intro to Creative Writing ENG 2005 - Writing of Short Story ENG 2006 - The Writing of Poetry ENG 2007 - The Writing of Screenplays ENG 2009 - Writing the Traditional Novel ENG 2010 - Technical Writing ENG 2011 - Writing the Experimental Novel ENG 2012 - Advanced Creative Writing ENG 2015 - Business Communication ENG 2020 - Journalism ENG 2041 - Travel Writing ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Graphic Novels (When these courses are focused primarily on writing practice) ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - The Craft of the Popular Essay ENG 2045 - Sp Top in Writing & Rhetoric - Professional Writing ENG 2050 - Writing for Magazines ENG 2060 - Desktop Publishing ENG 2070 - Legal Writing and Analysis |
COM 3303 - Screenwriting COM 3341 - Gender & Film COM 3351 - Media & Society COM 3352 - Media & Technology COM 3353 - Media & Politics COM 3354 - Media Criticism COM 3360 - Introduction to Journalism COM 3361 - Journalism Practices COM 3363 - Broadcast Journalism COM 3365 - Sports Journalism COM 3366 - Multimedia Journalism COM 3367 - Journalism Topics COM 3390 - Spec Top in Media & Film* COM 3403 - Intercultural Communication COM 3406 - Gender & Communication COM 3462 - Public Relations Writing COM 3464 - Public Relations Campaigns COM 4001 - Qualitative Research Methods |
Courses in Theory of Composition, History of Language, Rhetorical Theory or Critical Theory
(Two courses must be taken from this category.)
ENG 2042 - Web Writing Theory & Practice COM 2240 - Theories of Performance Studies COM 2280 - Theories of Persuasion COM 2300 - Theories of Mass Communication COM 2340 - Theories of Visual Communication and Culture COM 3201 - Rhetoric & Social Justice |
CST 2100 - Intro. to Cultural Studies PHI 2010 - Logic & Critical Thinking |
Practicum Courses
(One course must be taken from this category.)
ENG 2030 - Tutoring Writers - Theory and Practice ENG 2060 - Desktop Publishing (students work for campus organization or off campus non-profit) COM 2993 or COM 2996 - Communication Internship (in a related area in the for-profit or non-profit sector. Only English and Communication majors and minors may take the internship courses.) PJ 4650 - Service Learning Practicum (When the practicum involves a good deal of writing) Non-Credit bearing internships are also possible if they involve a substantial amount of writing. The internship must be approved by the Director of the Writing and Rhetoric Program. |
Writing Enriched or Writing Intensive upper level literature courses
(Two courses must be taken from this category.)
| Selected from English Department offerings which include a rhetorical approach (broadly defined). All writing enriched or writing intensive literature courses above 2100 will satisfy this requirement. |