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ENG 203 Creative Writing - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 100 and 200
An introduction to the writing of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and drama as genres of literary expression.

ENG 301 Intermediate Composition - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 300
For students preparing for professional or graduate schools and general students seeking to improve their writing. Major attention to how idea and audience determine purpose, form, and content of writing.

ENG 303 Fiction Writing - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 200 and 203 or permission of instructor.
A concentrated study of the techniques of writing fiction, emphasizing contemporary theory and practice.

ENG 305 Poetry Writing - 3 Hours
Prerequisite: ENG 200 and 203 or permission of instructor.
An intensive course in the writing of poetry. Some attention to the practice and prevalent theories of contemporary poets.

ENG 306 Business Writing - 3 Hours
Prerequisite: Eng 100
Designed to meet the needs of students in business fields, this course teaches the preparation of written reports, case studies, and other forms of professional writing.

ENG 307 Technical Writing - 3 Hours

Prerequisite: ENG 100
Designed to meet the needs of students in engineering and other technical fields, this course teaches the preparation of written and oral reports. Emphasizes formal and informal reports, but also includes various kinds of business letters, memoranda, and other forms necessary in the students' future professional role.

ENG 311 Creative Nonfiction Writing - 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENG 200 and 203 or permission of instructor.
An intensive study of the writing of creative nonfiction (literary nonfiction prose), with emphasis on comtemporary theory and practice.

ENG 309 Writing for Documentary - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 200 and 203 or permission of instructor.
A course introducing the student to non-fiction film and television as the means of literary or artistic expression. Emphasis will be placed on the writer's role in the research, preparation and composition of non-fiction work, culminating in assignments dealing with proposals, treatments, and completed scripts.

ENG 358 Drama Writing - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 200 and 203 or permission of instructor.
A concentrated study of the techniques of drama writing emphasizing contemporary theory and practice.

ENG 401/G Advanced Composition - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 300
Theory and performance in the essay of ideas with stress on the essay form and coherence, sentence and paragraph design, punctuation, research paper technique, and other writing conventions.

ENG 402/G Editing and Publishing - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: 9 hours of writing beyond general education courses.
Editing collections of student works in several types, including experience in computer text editing, lectures by visiting publishers and editors of books, journals, and newspapers.

ENG 403/G Writing Memoir and Autobiography - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 200 and 300
A course in the techniques of writing autobiography; readings will be chosen primarily from contemporary American examples of the genre.

ENG 406/G - Advanced Writing Workshop - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: For writing majors and minors; at least one upper-level writing course and senior standing.
As a capstone course in the writing major, provides a workshop setting for students with substantial writing projects.

ENG 409 PRACTICUM IN ONE-TO-ONE - 1 Hour
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Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 200 or any other course from Gen Ed Cat B1.  Participants will study the theory and practice of writing conferences and tutorials.  Course will prepare participants to work individually with students in tutorial settings.



ENG 410/G Theories of Rhetoric and Composition - 3 Hours
Prerequisite: ENG 304
A study of classical and contemporary theories of rhetoric and composition with an emphasis on the application of the theories to writing and the teaching of writing.

ENG 411 Directed Writing - 3 Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
A tutorial for students to work under the supervision of a writing instructor. Students choose the form of writing they wish to pursue.

ENG 412/G History of Rhetoric - 3 Hours
Prerequisites: ENG 100 and ENG 200 or any other course in Gen Ed Cat B1
This course surveys classical, traditional, and contemporary rhetoric as it is applied to written discourse. Emphasis will be placed on invention, arrengement, and style. Readings will include the work of classical and modern rhetoricians. Rhetorically oriented methods of teaching written discourse will be considered.

ENG 415 Writing and Technology - 3 Hours
Prerequisite: ENG 300
Study of issues surrounding interrelations of technology and writing; effects of technologies (e.g. printing press, computers) on writing processes and on types of writing; institutional changes wrought by computers.

ENG 501 Graduate Writing Workshop

ENG 502 Graduate Directed Writing

ENG 509 Practicum in One-to-One Writing Instruction

ENG 510 Graduate Rhetoric and Writing


 



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