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Programs offered:
Minor in Writing (TU)
The Writing minor produces graduates who write articulate, informative and persuasive work in a variety of genres and for a variety of audiences, cultural perspectives and purposes. Students learn to use concrete detail and logic appropriate to the genre to show clearly, convincingly and with impact the justification for their insights or the positions they assert. Writers fulfill the intentions and potential of their work of various kinds, pursuing either a literary or eclectic emphasis. Through their courses and co-curricular activities intended to integrate different kinds of writing, our Writing students receive a rich experience and good preparation for writing after graduation.
The Writing minor offers two possible pathways:
- A literary writing emphasis, for students who prefer to focus on writing poetry, nonfiction and other similar literary genres that may be offered as special topics or as independent studies in Writing.
- An “eclectic” writing emphasis for students who prefer to focus on examining a diverse array of writing genres, including especially non-literary ones.
No matter which path is selected, each minor must complete the course WRI 490 Advanced Special Topics in Writing: Writing Capstone and Portfolio.
Minor in Writing (TU) (with Literary Emphasis)
1. Completion of four of the following courses, totaling at least 16 semester hours:
ENG 230 Creative Writing
ENG 231 Biography and Autobiography
ENG 330 Writing Poetry
ENG 331 Writing Prose, Fiction and Nonfiction
ENG 401 Internship in English
WRI 400 Advanced Independent Study in Writing
WRI 490 Advanced Special Topics in Writing
2. Completion of WRI 490 Advanced Special Topics in Writing: Writing Capstone and Portfolio.
3. Additional requirements and things to note:
a. Students pursuing a B.A. in Communication and Rhetoric Studies (CRS) are required to complete a minor in a related field of study. However, the Writing minor cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
b. ENG 401 Internship in English can only be counted once for the Writing minor. For ENG 401 to qualify it must be pre-approved to be a writing-intensive experience supervised by an English and Comparative Literature faculty member.
c. If WRI 490 is taken as one of the four courses mandated in item 1, above, it cannot be the same version as required in item 2; that is, the “special topic” used to satisfy item 1 cannot be “Writing Capstone and Portfolio.”
Minor in Writing (TU) (with Eclectic Emphasis)
1. Completion of four of the following courses, totaling at least 16 semester hours:
CRS 240 Journalism
CRS 260 Writing for Business and the Professions
CRS 310 Public Relations Writing
CRS 320 Persuasive Writing
CRS 401 Internship in Communication and Rhetoric Studies
ENG 230 Creative Writing
ENG 231 Biography and Autobiography
ENG 330 Writing Poetry
ENG 331 Writing Prose, Fiction and Nonfiction
ENG 401 Internship in English
WRI 400 Advanced Independent Study in Writing
WRI 490 Advanced Special Topics in Writing
2. Completion of WRI 490 Advanced Special Topics in Writing: Writing Capstone and Portfolio.
3. Additional requirements and things to note:
a. Students pursuing a B.A. in Communication and Rhetoric Studies (CRS) are required to complete a minor in a related field of study. However, the Writing minor cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
b. For CRS 401 to qualify, the internship must be pre-approved to be a writing-intensive experience supervised by a Communication and Rhetoric Studies faculty member.
c. For ENG 401 to qualify it must be pre-approved to be a writing-intensive experience supervised by an English and Comparative Literature faculty member.
d. Only one internship can be counted among the courses required for the minor.
e. If WRI 490 is taken as one of the four courses mandated in item 1, above, it cannot be the same version as required in item 2; that is, the “special topic” used to satisfy item 1 cannot be “Writing Capstone and Portfolio.
The following courses are offered in Writing:
| ARC 201. Seminar for Student
Tutors |
1 hour |
Peer tutors at the
Academic Resource Center spend two hours per week assisting
other students, individually or in groups, with course material,
papers, and preparation for examinations. In addition, they
participate in support and training meetings with the ARC
directors and with instructors of the courses in which they
tutor. They discuss how to work with texts in different
disciplines, encourage study group members to help each other
learn, and foster student engagement with and assimilation of
course content. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and Associate
Provost.
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| CRS 220. Investigative Writing |
4 hours |
This expository writing
course is designed to develop research and writing skills.
Emphasis will be on learning a wide range of library and
Internet-based research techniques and purposefully presenting
information to a variety of audiences in appropriate format and
style. Students will be asked to define their own investigative
projects, and to analyze and revise their own writing. This
course is recommended for freshmen and sophomores. Prerequisite:
COR 101.
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| CRS 221. Persuasive Writing |
4 hours |
This course is designed
to develop sophisticated strategies of persuasion for analyzing
and generating arguments responsive to targeted audiences in a
variety of contexts, including civic, professional, and
academic. Students will learn both classical and contemporary
strategies of persuasion. Emphasis will be on presenting clear,
coherent, and logical arguments. Students will be asked to
define their own projects within assigned contexts. Students
will evaluate their own and others’ writing to enable the
revision process. This course is open to sophomores, juniors,
and seniors only. It is offered in the fall semester.
Prerequisites: COR 101 and COR 102.
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| ENG 230. Creative Writing |
4 hours |
This course is an
introduction to writing poetry and prose fiction. The student
will be asked to submit substantial written work each week, keep
a journal, and read published writers. Much class time will be
spent discussing student and published work. Prerequisites: COR
101 and COR 102.
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| ENG 231. Biography and
Autobiography |
4 hours |
This course is an
introduction to biographical and autobiographical writing with
practice in the personal narrative as well as other forms such
as the profile and the interview. Students will submit
substantial written work each week and keep a journal. The class
will follow a workshop format, discussing the students’ and
published work. Prerequisites: COR 101 and COR 102.
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| CRS 240. Journalism |
4 hours |
This course teaches the
fundamentals of journalistic news writing and reporting. From
interviews to the Internet, students will learn how to gather
information from a variety of sources and write stories using
different types of leads, endings, and structures. They will
also engage in a critique of today’s journalistic practices.
This course is offered in the fall semester. Prerequisites: COR
101 and COR 102.
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| ENG 330. Writing Poetry |
4 hours |
In weekly assignments
students will try free verse and various forms in the effort to
discover and to embody more and more truly what they have to
say. Much time will be spent reading published poets, responding
to student work in class, and trying to generate language that
reveals rather than explains intangible "meanings."
Prerequisites: COR 101 and COR 102.
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| ENG 331. Writing Prose, Fiction,
and Nonfiction |
4 hours |
Students will get
instruction and substantial practice in writing fictional and
nonfictional prose which aims at getting what Henry James called
"a sense of felt life" onto the page. The class will follow a
workshop format with weekly assignments, journal writing,
extensive
discussion of student work, and reading of published examples.
Prerequisites: COR 101 and COR 102.
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| CRS 340. Writing for Business
and the Professions |
4 hours |
A course for students
who have mastered the basic skills and insights of writing and
who wish to improve their ability to write clear, concise,
persuasive prose designed for audiences in business and the
professions. Students are required to write a variety of texts,
such as proposals, progress reports, recommendation reports, and
manuals. Other elements of the course may include oral
presentations. Prerequisite: CRS 220, CRS 221, or permission of
the instructor.
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| WRI 381. Independent Study in
Writing |
1-4 hours |
Supervised independent
writing project. Prerequisite: Submission of a proposed outline
of study that includes a schedule of meetings and assignments
approved by the instructor, the division chair, and the Provost prior to registration. The student
must be pursuing a minor in writing or a major in communication
and rhetoric studies.
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| WRI 391. Special Topics in
Writing |
4 hours |
Study of a selected
topic in the field of writing, such as Public Relations Writing,
Scientific and Technical Writing, Oral History, and The Art of
the Essay. The topic will vary from year to year and may be
offered by communication and rhetoric studies faculty or English
faculty. Prerequisite for special topics taken with
communication and rhetoric studies faculty: CRS 101 or
permission of the instructor.
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| CRS 401. Internship in
Communication and Rhetoric Studies |
1-4 hours |
An internship is
designed to provide a formalized experiential learning
opportunity to qualified students. The internship generally
requires the student to obtain a faculty supervisor in the
relevant field of study, submit a learning agreement, work 30
hours for every hour of academic credit, keep a written journal
of the work experience, have regularly scheduled meetings with
the faculty supervisor, and write a research paper dealing with
some aspect of the internship. An internship for the writing
minor must be writing intensive. Written work should total five
pages of academic writing for every hour of credit. An extensive
list of internships is maintained by the Career Services Office,
including opportunities at CNN, Fox 5, WSB-TV, Green Olive
Media, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Students are
strongly encouraged to do multiple internships, but only
4-semester hours can be applied as elective credits to the
major. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty supervisor and
qualification for the internship program.
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| ENG 401. Internship in English |
1-4 hours |
An internship is
designed to provide a formalized experiential learning
opportunity to qualified students. The internship generally
requires the student to obtain a faculty supervisor in the
relevant field of study, submit a learning agreement, work 30
hours for every hour of academic credit, keep a written journal
of the work experience, have regularly scheduled meetings with
the faculty supervisor, and write a research paper dealing with
some aspect of the internship. Written work should total five
pages of academic writing for every hour of credit. An extensive
list of internships is maintained by the Career Services Office,
including opportunities at Atlanta Magazine, The Knight
Agency, and Peachtree Publishers. Graded on a
satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Permission of
the faculty supervisor and qualification for the internship
program.
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