Courses


1000-level introductory writing course:

writing 1000f/g:
writers' studio
writing 1030F:
writing for professional success in nursing

2100-level introductory writing courses:

speech 2001: The major forms of oral discourse
writing 2101F/G: Introduction to Expository writing
writing 2111F/G: Writing in the World:
Introduction to Professional Writing
Writing 2121F/G: Text, Lies, and Digital Media:
writing for mit
Writing 2131F/G: No Bones About It:
writing for the sciences
 

2200-level advanced writing courses:

writing 2202F/G: Your Argument:
Rhetorical Strategy in a Visual Age
writing 2203f/G: From Headline to Deadline:
Writing for Publication
writing 2204f/g: Short Flicks:
An Introduction to Screenwriting
writing 2205f/g: Hot Type:
Technical Writing
writng 2206f/g: Minding Your Ps and Qs:
Technical Editing
writing 2207f/g: My Name is url:
Writing for the Web
writing 2208f/g: Teaching Writing
writing 2209f/g: Visual Information Packaging:
Document Design
writing 2210f/g: GrammarPhobia Demystified:
Contemporary Grammar for Writer
writing 2211f/g: The Naked Writer:
Fundamentals of Creative Writing
writing 2212f/g: Figures of Speech:
Writing for oral Presentation
writing 2213f/g: LOL:
Humour Writing
writng 2214f/g: Memoir, Memories, and Disclosure:
Creative Non-Fiction
writing 2215f/g: Encoding Persuasion:
Rhetorical Theory
writng 2216f/g: Rhetoric:
Law Talk
writing 2217f/g: Concept to Product:
Publishing
writing 2218f/g: to make a long story short:
Introduction to writing short fiction
writing 2219f/g: word travel:
Introduction to travel writing
writing 2220f/g: renewing your poetic license:
Introduction to writing poetry
writing 2221f/g: self and the rhetorical triangle:
an Introduction to interpersonal communication
writing 2222f/g: food writing:
Introduction to food writing
writing 2299f/g: Re-visioning Self:
Creating Your Professional Portfolio



2012-2013 special topics writing courses:


writing 2292g: Writing for the big screen
This screenwriting course explores the art of writing a feature-length screenplay in a workshop setting. Weekly writing assignments focus on the fundamental elements of feature-length screenwriting while the workshop guides students through the various stages of the screenwriting process: concept, outline, character breakdown, treatment, drafting, and revision. Students will complete the first act of a feature-length film by the end of the course.

writing 2293F: fashion
Using high fashion magazines as well as select books, film/video, and internet resources, this course will cover the basic areas of fashion writing (review, trend reports, profiles, etc.) as well as explore how fashion can be used as a lens to discuss other areas of cultural and social significance. Students will learn about fashion history, how to draw connections between design inspiration and trends, how to watch a fashion show, and more. By the end of the course, students will have presented on a designer of their choice, reviewed a fashion show, conducted their own street style interview, and written an in-depth article on either a trend or another aspect of fashion.


writing 2295g: out of the book: creative writing in the digital age
This experimental creative writing course explores the intersection of text and technology. Students will use a variety of media (sound, image, video), online platforms (blogs, Twitter, websites), and source material (original and found) in the creation and dissemination of innovative literary works. Assignments will incorporate appropriation, collage, montage, and sampling.  

writing 2296F: Sport writing
For at least a century, the sports pages have been an integral part of the daily newspaper.  Sports makes up its own section in practically ever daily paper on the continent, and in the past 50 years or so has spread widely into the magazine world.  Sports TV channels are an integral part of every cable operation and the sports themselves have become multi-billion dollar enterprises.  The best sports writing combines elements of history, event coverage, biography, narrative, and opinion. This course will delve into these different forms offering students a chance to cover the world of sports by interviewing athletes and coaches, attending events, and going behind the scenes to better understand the role of sports in our society.

writing 2297f: crime scene to courtroom: an introduction to forensic writing
This course examines reductive approaches to documenting incidents of evidentiary or investigative importance that are likely to result in criminal prosecution, civil litigation, public inquiry, or inquest. An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the “forensic” writing paradigm will allow students to learn the art of drafting public documents, for a variety of professions, which are capable of withstanding not only rhetorical and logical attack, but political and media scrutiny both inside and outside the courtroom.

writing 2298f: swaying the vote: an introduction to political speech writing
This course will introduce students to the various aspects of political speech writing and familiarize them with the role of the political speechwriter.  Topics include:  methods of persuasion, ethics and political public speaking, types of political speeches, adapting political messages to audiences, and writing speeches for others..