Applied Writing CoursesPRWR 6240: Technical Writing3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. An intensive workshop focused on creating technical documents for clients, consumers, and the general public. Topics addressed will include the history, function, theory, and ethical practice of technical writing. Students will become more capable and informed technical writers and potential leaders in their organizations. PRWR 6260: Managing Writing in Organizations3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. A foundational course introducing students to organizational writing and the planning that informs it. Students will learn to think creatively and systematically about the writing needs of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. They will analyze the missions, constituencies, structures, and cultures of existing organizations to identify the most appropriate rhetorical strategies and products for organizations in their real-world contexts. Next, stuents will draft a plan for an organization, which may include a mission statement, key messages, organizational branding, a list of essential (print, electronic, audio, and video)documents, a yearly calendar of events and document releases, a budget and production plan, and a distribution plan for key documents. In addition, students will study how professional writers face situations that require ethical analysis and action to guard an organization's mission and reputation. The course will also inform students about careers available to organizational writers and the technologies they use in performing their work. PRWR 6280: Business and Technical Editing3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. The study and practice of business and technical editing in texts found in corporate, engineering, government, high-tech, and scientific settings, including reports, proposals, manuals, company newsletters, and Internet web pages. Editorial responsibilities for document development, copyediting, and proofreading will be explored. Practice of electronic editing and hard copy editing will be stressed. PRWR 6410: Feature Writing3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. The study of the principles and processes of news reporting and feature writing techniques, including editorial writing, promotional communications, and informative newspaper and magazine article writing. PRWR 6440: Professional and Academic Editing3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. The study and practice of professional and academic (trade, professional, educational, and scholarly) editing for magazines, journals, books, and textbooks. Editorial divisions of labor and approaches and responsibilities of editors, along with the introduction to text development, acquisition, and line editing. PRWR 6550: Document Design and Desktop Publishing3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. Principles and practice in computer-aided publishing. Examine word processing and desktop publishing capabilities, develop graphic and text design experience, explore the skills needed to produce professional quality newsletters, brochures, reports, pamphlets, and books. PRWR 6800: Careers in the Literary Arts3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. The first half of the course will survey components that make up the literature field and introduce the student to the management concerns in selected components. The survey will inform the student about professional and organization infrastructures that support the literary arts in the United States and give the student theoretical and practical knowledge concerning arts management. The second half of the course will focus on the writer's personal management. Grantsmanship and fellowship writing as well as submissions-and-publications procedures, literary promotions, and time management will be discussed. PRWR 6850: Web Content Development3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. Study and practice in writing and development of Web content for multiple, diverse audiences in commercial areas, such as e-business, public relations, and advertising; in public service organizations, including nonprofit and government organizations; and in the area of personal and career development. Students will create their own professional e-portfolio and develop Web content for commercial, nonprofit, or public organization. Course topics will include site architecture, visual rhetoric, audience analysis, collaboration with graphic designers to create Web pages, ethics, accessibility for disabled users, corporate intranet design, and international considerations. PRWR 6860: Intercultural Communication in Contexts3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. A study of written communication across cultures. Course will use a case-studies format to explore principles for effectively communicating in English across different cultures. Topics will include document design for international audiences, rhetorically sensitive strategies, issues of translation and contrastive rhetoric. Students will be able to study a specific type of written communication in a specific region or regions of the world according to their interests and need. PRWR 7550: Advanced Applied Writing3-0-3.Repeatable Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director; PRWR 6260 or permission of instructor. This advanced applied writing course builds on the lessons of PRWR 6260 and is intended for students studying applied writing. Focusing each semester on a significant topic in applied writing, the course will offer students advanced, in-depth study of subjects critical to organizational writers such as grant and proposal writing, organizational writing for external audiences, organizational writing for internal audiences, and instruction in multimedia writing. The course will involve substantial service-learning writing assignments to prepare students for careers as professional writers in corporate, nonprofit, and governmental organizations. Students will collaborate with clients and classmates as they plan, draft, and finalize short, long, and electronic texts. In addition to reading and critiquing written texts, each course will include appearances by guest speakers whose current and previous employment experiences provide insights into the careers of those who write for organizations. PRWR 7600: MAPW Practical Internship (Up to six hours may be used to satisfy MAPW degree requirements)1-6. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program and permission of Graduate Program Director and/or faculty supervisor. Guided and supervised practical experience in one concentration of the MAPW Program. PRWR 7900: Special Topics (Repeatable)3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director. Exploration of a specifically designed topic. PRWR 7950: MAPW Directed Study (Repeatable once)3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAPW program, or permission of the Graduate Program Director, PRWR 6000, and a graduate course in the field of the directed study. An intensive, advanced investigation of selected topics deriving from individual course of study. The content will be determined jointly by the instructor, the student, and the student's advisor. The proposed course of study must be submitted to the Graduate Director by a deadline published each term for MAPW Committee approval. |
