ENGL 380

Summer 2012 Part of Term S2

Part of Term S2
(8 week) Jun 11-Aug 2

Topics in Writing Studies

Credit: 3 hours.

Advanced-level work in the field of Writing Studies. Building upon a traditional disciplinary understanding of writing as rhetoric, this course invites students to call upon sociological, anthropological, and/or ideological approaches to the study of writing in order to understand the myriad ways that writing makes meaning(s). See Class Schedule for topics.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 380 class schedule data for summer 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	37021	Online	E	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Schaffner, S	Part of Term: S2 Date Range: 06/11/12-08/02/12 Section Title: Writing for a Digital World Section Info: This course explores the rhetorical and cultural significance of new writing forms in this, our digital age. The written word still matters, but writing online is increasingly visual and enmeshed in a range of media forms. Learning to create interesting content for the web allows one to contact a global audience. Students in this course will study what it means to write in this digital world. Students will create eight digital online projects, all coded in simple html, css, and javascript. No previous coding experience or practice creating web sites is needed. Experienced coders and web writers will be able to work at an accelerated pace. A descriptive article about English 380: Writing in a Digital World: https://www.informatics.illinois.edu/display/infoarchives/Writing+in+a+Digital+World