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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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WRT 330 Publications Management II Fall and Spring semesters
This course is a more advanced exploration of the publication production process that addresses the theory and practice of text project management, particularly in YCP publications such as the York Review and The Fountain. Students work collaboratively on publishing basics and editorial responsibilities. Topics include defining editorial roles, publication policies, working in teams, creating publishing documents, a publication timetable, reviewing and editing submissions, and collaborating with authors. This is a project-oriented, experiential learning course, working with students in WRT230 and WRT430. Prerequisite: WRT 230 or with permission from the instructor.
3 credit hours
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WRT 341 History of Women’s Rhetorics
This course will examine social, private, and political contexts of women’s speaking and writing. It will trace the historical exclusions of women’s voices as well as the genres, styles, and rhetorical means women have employed to enter public discourse through argument and exposition. The course also addresses the theoretical questions about the definitions of women’s rhetorics and surveys historical investigation of women’s writing and speaking, including the methodological/scholarly recovery of women’s rhetorics. Prerequisite: FCO 105
3 credit hours
Satisfies Constellation - Diversity for “Generation Next”
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WRT 351 History and Theory of Composition
This course introduces students to major in theories and practices, from the nineteenth century onward, associated with the teaching of writing to secondary and postsecondary students. These theories and practices include but are not limited to cognitive activities associated with writing, writing as a process, writing as learning, responding to student writing, the teaching of writing and ideology, and issues of gender, race, and class associated with the teaching of writing. Students will be encouraged to develop their own theory related to the teaching of writing. Prerequisite: FCO 105 and WRT 290 .
3 credit hours
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WRT 352 Rhetoric of Science
This course introduces students to the idea that scientific discourse is, like all other types of discourse, highly rhetorical. Students will learn how rhetoric operates in scientific texts and how to become literate, critical readers of scientific discourse. Additionally, students will become familiar with how the cultural and historical contexts in which scientific research is performed shape the way that science is argued and how language and style shape scientific knowledge. Prerequisite: FCO 105
3 credit hours
Satisfies Constellations - Environmental Sustainability and Science and Technology for “Generation Next”
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WRT 360-369 Special Topics in Professional Writing
Special topics courses in Professional Writing provide students with a range of opportunities for the intensive study of writing in various occupational or disciplinary fields, as well as in varied approaches to the writing process. Students will learn the preferred styles and conventions used within specific organizations and career fields, both through the study of representative writing samples and through hands-on writing experience. Likely course topics include medical writing, writing for social service organizations, writing for government agencies and NGOs, writing for non-profit organizations, writing for the arts, etc. The focus of each special topics course will be published in advance of course registration, and course level will vary according to the topics covered (either 300 or 400 level). Prerequisite: FCO 105 .
3 credit hours
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WRT 406 Usability Studies
Usability testing focuses on the rhetorical effectiveness of text, graphics, format, and medium, and this course introduces students to the concept of usability testing within the context of technical documentation and process-related texts (in either print or online environments), various methods of conducting usability tests, and interpreting usability results and subsequent revisions to documentation. Students will have the opportunity to design and conduct their own usability studies. Part of Health and Wellness Constellation. Prerequisite: FCO 105 and FCO 215
3 credit hours
Satisfies Constellations - Health and Wellness and Science and Technology for “Generation Next”
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WRT 410 Professional Editing Spring Semester
This course introduces students to the fields of copyediting and comprehensive editing within the context of professional writing. The course will teach students how to become effective editors, giving them the ability to develop objectives for editing, to work with and substantially improve texts and visuals in both print and electronic contexts, and to establish and maintain relationships with authors and others involved in the production of documents. Prerequisite: FCO 105 and WRT 315 .
3 credit hours
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WRT 430 Publications Management III Fall and Spring semesters
This course is a more advanced exploration of the publication production process that addresses the theory and practice of text project management, particularly in YCP publications such as the York Review and The Fountain. Students work collaboratively on publishing basics and editorial responsibilities, though at this level much independent work is involved. Topics include defining editorial roles, publication policies, working in teams, creating publishing documents, a publication timetable, reviewing and editing submissions, and collaborating with authors. This is a project-oriented, experiential learning course, working with students in WRT230 and WRT330. Prerequisite: WRT 330 or with permission from the instructor
3 credit hours
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WRT 450 Experiential Learning in Writing
This course provides on-the-job experiences in the application of professional writing skills and knowledge. The student spends a minimum of 120 hours per semester in the performance of meaningful tasks required to produce effective professional documents. In addition, regular class and small-group meetings provide for integration of the student’s academic and agency work. The seminar provides an opportunity to explore job possibilities as well as making academic work more meaningful through application of theoretical principles of writing. The seminar provides an opportunity to explore job possibilities as well as making academic work more meaningful through application of theoretical principles of writing. Prerequisite: FCO 210 , FCO 215 , or FCO 225 ; WRT 315 . An application is required two months prior to intended on-site experience (including a statement of objectives and goals); students must be accepted by an approved site; approval of instructor; GPA of 2.5 or higher; and 60 credit hours completed before beginning on-site experience. Students may complete up to six credits of experiential learning.
3 credit hours
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WRT 451 Experiential Learning in Writing
This course provides on-the-job experiences in the application of professional writing skills and knowledge. The student spends a minimum of 120 hours per semester in the performance of meaningful tasks required to produce effective professional documents. In addition, regular class and small-group meetings provide for integration of the student’s academic and agency work. The seminar provides an opportunity to explore job possibilities as well as making academic work more meaningful through application of theoretical principles of writing. The seminar provides an opportunity to explore job possibilites as well as making academic work more meaningful through application of theoretical principles of writing. Prerequisite: FCO 210 , FCO 215 , or FCO 225 ; WRT 315 ; WRT 450 . An application is required two months prior to intended on-site experience (including a statement of objectives and goals); students must be accepted by an approved site; approval of instructor; GPA of 2.50 or higher; and 60 credit hours completed before beginning on-site experience. Students may complete up to six credits of experiential learning.
3 credit hours
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WRT 460-469 Special Topics in Professional Writing
Special topics courses in Professional Writing provide students with a range of opportunities for the intensive study of writing in various occupational or disciplinary fields, as well as in varied approaches to the writing process. Students will learn the preferred styles and conventions used within specific organizations and career fields, both through the study of representative writing samples and through hands-on writing experience. Likely course topics include medical writing, writing for social service organizations, writing for government agencies and NGOs, writing for non-profit organizations, writing for the arts, etc. The focus of each special topics course will be published in advance of course registration, and course level will vary according to the topics covered (either 300 or 400 level). Prerequisite: FCO 105 .
3 credit hours
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WRT 480 Senior Seminar in Professional Writing Spring Semester
The Senior Seminar in writing provides a capstone academic experience for writing majors and helps to prepare them for the job market. The course will have three facets, mirroring the three main aspects of the Professional Writing curriculum: (1) reading and responding to essays on rhetoric and composition theory; (2) exploring careers in professional writing by reading case studies of professional writers and hearing from guest speakers, by performing mock interviews and by investigating professional writers’ organizations and graduate programs in writing; (3) revising writing from other courses (and from their experiential learning seminar) toward the formation of a professional writer’s portfolio and current resume. Prerequisite: FCO 105 and WRT 450 .
3 credit hours
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WRT 498 Independent Study
This course creates a learning opportunity for the student who wishes to undertake a well-defined research project. While the student conducts work under the guidance of a faculty member of his or her own choosing, the project is carried out in an independent manner without regular class meetings. Effective independent study is characterized by a reduction in formal instruction and an increase in the individual student’s responsibility and initiative in the learning process. Prerequisite: Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application.
1-3 credit hours
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WRT 499 Independent Study
This course creates a learning opportunity for the student who wishes to undertake a well-defined research project. While the student conducts work under the guidance of a faculty member of his or her own choosing, the project is carried out in an independent manner without regular class meetings. Effective independent study is characterized by a reduction in formal instruction and an increase in the individual student’s responsibility and initiative in the learning process. Prerequisite: Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application.
1-3 credit hours
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