ENGL 380

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Topics in Writing Studies

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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 fall 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	64345	Lecture-Discussion	B	9:00AM -9:50AM	MWF	304 English Building	Gallagher, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Internet Writing & Rhetoric Section Info: Topic Section B: Internet Writing & Rhetoric What does a ?like? or a ?retweet? mean in social media? How can we describe internet cultures? What are emerging genres embedded within online cultures? What is the purpose of online reviews and commenting? This class responds to these questions by examining a variety of known and lesser known online writers, course readings, in-class discussion, electronic communication, and digital technologies. Its primary goal is to develop and strengthen rhetorical and writing skills for online contexts by asking students to produce numerous short writings that they will share with online audiences. Students will investigate privacy policies, netiquettes (online etiquette policies), comment cultures, online forum decorum, and other online writing situations. Students will develop an online writing presence using a website of their choice. Students will be exposed to a variety of free programs that they will be able to use to enhance their online writing skills. TEXTS: (required) Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web, Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 2015; This is Why we Can?t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture, Whitney Phillips. 2015; Participatory Culture, Community, and Play: Learning from Reddit (Digital Formations), Adrienne Massanari. 2015.
	63224	Lecture-Discussion	D	11:00AM -12:15PM	MW	104 English Building	Prendergast, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Writing for Money Section Info: Topic Section D: Writing for Money This will be a course in which students will learn how to write for money. We will operate as a writing workshop. There will be no assigned outside readings for the course, other than the writing done by other students in the class. Writing and peer commentary will be due every week. The goal for each student will be to get paid to write, in whatever genre the student prefers. Students will be responsible for locating outlets for paid writing (friends and relatives obviously won?t count), and for writing for those outlets. Students will also chronicle and reflect upon this (difficult) process in weekly blogs. Evaluation will be based on the quality of the reflection, the quality of feedback on peer drafts, the effort put into locating and writing for chosen outlets, and on the effort with which one pursues the goal of writing for money.