Courses

This course focuses on writing and research skills in music, including the use and documentation of sources. In addition to written exercises, assignments include studying professional writing samples about music, such as concert reviews, program notes, and research essays. Full major status in Performance required. (WI).

DRAMA 130 fulfills the College Writing 2 requirement and builds on the work of English 110 (College Writing 1), in order to teach the conventions of writing in the discipline of drama. In this writing seminar students will examine and practice the art of writing about performance in order to develop their eyes as audience members and their voices and technique as writers.

Students study three literary works from different geographical areas and time periods; and one theoretical essay. The focus is on writing assignments ranging from informal to graded, and including creative writing. The course culminates in a formal research paper produced in stages. Students learn how to perform close readings; and to contextualize these through literary criticism and historical research. They compile working bibliographies; and they develop their own original theses.

A course intended to strengthen writing practices, overcome fears about writing,increase fluency, and engage in the creativity of writing. This course is suitablefor those interested in writing, rhetorical theory, literacy, and language.

This foundational writing course explores writing for various media platforms and how it fits into an integrated and strategic communication plan. Students learn practical and foundational techniques used in producing ethical traditional, social, and digital media written content that promotes audience engagement and education, with a strong emphasis on adherence to journalism standards and Associated Press Style.

Advanced writing course exploring composition with images, sound, video, and other media while considering theoretical perspectives on rhetorical concepts such as authorship, audience, process, revision, and design. Experiential Learning, PW: Digital Literacy Pract

A cross-disciplinary, experiential approach to the study of Writing Across the Curriculum theory within a career-related setting that is writing-, editing-, tutoring-, and/or teaching-intensive.

Introduces writers to a systematic approach to writing a journal article, including essential structures, stylistic conventions, and smart strategies for planning and completing projects under a deadline. Writers begin with their own working manuscripts (unpublished course paper, thesis, dissertation, etc.), identify a target journal, and draft short, strategic sections, based on peer review and instructor feedback, to create a final submission, per author’s guidelines.

In this course, students will explore the process of producing articles for peer-reviewed outlets such as conferences and journals. Topics include: exposure to cutting-edge methods of ideation and collaboration that can be applied to the generation of new research articles and streams; discussions with faculty regarding their experiences with the writing process; and production of an outline of a proposed first paper for the dissertation.