2090 - Electives in Writing Course Descriptions
The following list is alphabetical, by instructor last name. Not every course shown below is offered every semester. Check the current Course Schedule.
- WRITING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA, Amy Goodloe
- In this section of WRTG 2090, we will explore how the nature of reading and writing has changed now that we communicate primarily through digital media, and it will prepare you with the digital communication skills you need to be successful in the 21st century.
You will analyze a variety of messages conveyed through digital media, including messages composed of linear text, hypertext, images, photos, animation, sound, music, and/or video, and you will consider what makes some examples of digital communication more rhetorically effective and credible than others. You will then apply what you learned by studying examples of digital messages to the creation of your own rhetorically effective messages in a variety of digital media formats. You will learn how to use the digital media tools that best suit your audience, purpose, topic, and intended publication, and you will learn strategies for planning, developing, evaluating, and revising that apply specifically to digital rather than print-based compositions. In particular, you will learn how to compose with sound, music, voice, photos, images, animation, video clips, and original video footage, as well as how to publish your digital media projects in a variety of online formats, such as blogs, wikis, presentation hosting sites, podcast and video hosting sites, the class web site, and so on. You will also create your own web portfolio that showcases your best work, which you can then show to future employers to demonstrate your digital media skills.
The class will cover how to use digital media tools available for free for Mac OS 10.5 and 10.6 as well as for Windows Vista and 7. No previous experience with digital media tools is necessary, nor are you required to own your own computer, although you should be comfortable learning new technology. The class will be fun and engaging, but even more importantly, it may give you that extra edge when searching for a job after graduation.
- WRITER'S WORKSHOP: PEDAGOGY & PRACTICE OF THE WRITING CENTER, Eric Klinger
- It’s often said that to truly understand something one must be able to teach it. With this philosophy in mind, students in this course will learn to become more proficient writers by engaging in hands-on tutoring with peers and studying collegiate writing center practice. Students will read articles from a broad theoretical and disciplinary pallet and participate in peer tutoring sessions about their own papers to better understand how one teaches and learns about writing. Class topics will include theories of learning, composition and rhetoric, document design, and grammar and style. Students will write several response papers, occasionally lead class discussions and write a term paper.