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Craft Seminar |
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A class based primarily on discussion of how authors use various strategies to achieve narrative, poetic, or dramatic success. An intensive examination of the craft of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or script writing. Conducted as a reading seminar, not as a writing course. Students will make an oral presentation on some element of craft exhibited by a chosen work. Successful completion of ENGL 288 and 388, and at least Junior status are recommended. Course may be repeated as genres change. |
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Literary Editing: Red Weather |
| Prerequisite |
ENGL 288 OR ENGL 388 |
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| Description |
This is a production-centered, hands-on class. Students will be responsible for producing a complete issue of Red Weather, MSUM's literary magazine, from screening and selecting manuscripts, interacting with the authors whose work is chosen, to designing and promoting the finished magazine. |
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Practicum in Publishing |
| Prerequisite |
ENGL 402 OR COMM 402 |
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| Description |
This course is designed to familiarize students to the working functions of a small press literary publishing house through lectures, demonstrations, and supervised group activities such as participating on editorial book teams, writing teacher guides for the website for New Rivers Press books, developing marketing plans, reading tours, distributor marketing packets etc. All projects are presented in class to foster a broader class understanding of the overall activities of a small press. |
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History of the English Language |
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A survey of the early history of the English language, its sounds and its grammar, emphasizing Old English and its literature or Middle English and its literature. |
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Internship |
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| Description |
Supervised employment requiring substantial writing practice in government or private agency. Repeatable up to a total of 12 credits. All credits apply toward graduation, but only three may count toward a major or writing minor in English. Six credits accepted toward the B.A., Writing Emphasis. |
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Theory & Methods: CA/L Grades 5-8 |
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Admitted to teacher ed (SARTE) or instructor permission |
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| Description |
Review of current trends in communication arts/literature education in middle school and junior high (grades 5-8). The course teaches approaches and techniques for teaching and assessing literacy and examining adolescent/young adult literature and media. |
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Tutorial |
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The consideration of various problems in literature or language agreed upon by the instructor and the student. |
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| Title |
Advanced Technical Report Writing |
| Prerequisite |
ENGL 387 |
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Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Process-oriented writing class that emphasizes theoretical aspects of audience analysis, principles of document organization and design, and technical editing. Students will also learn how to design effective document supplements and visuals. Students will also learn about and use various research techniques. Course is conducted through lectures, group and individual discussions, collaborative writing, and hands-on work in the library and computer labs. ENGL 487 culminates in a professional website and an online portfolio. |
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Advanced Creative Writing |
| Prerequisite |
ENGL 388
Limited to English majors
Students must be seniors |
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| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Advanced work in writing of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, plays or film offered once a year in Spring as a Capstone course choice for Writing Majors. Students may repeat course once when genre changes. |
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Advanced Creative Writing |
| Prerequisite |
ENGL 388 |
| Course Outline |
Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Advanced work in writing of poetry, short fiction, plays or film offered once a year in Spring as a Capstone course choice for Writing Majors. Students may repeat course once when genre changes. |
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| Title |
Topics in English |
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| Description |
This is an upper division topical course and may be repeated when the topic changes. |
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Theory & Methods: CA/L Grades 9-12 |
| Prerequisite |
SARTE or by permission |
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Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Current practices and trends in teaching and assessing communication arts/literature in grades 9-12. |
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| Title |
Literature Capstone Seminar |
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Course Outline |
| Writing Intensive |
Yes |
| Description |
Study of selected topics, individual authors, genres or movements in American, British or World literature. Required for BA literature majors and open to BA Writing majors and BS English majors. The course is offered once per semester. It includes multiple approaches to analyzing literature and a documented research paper of substantial length with an extensive annotated bibliography. The capstone serves as a culminating course for academic study in English. Students are encouraged to take the capstone in their senior year. |
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Grammars of English |
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| Description |
A survey of the history of language study, of the history of the English language, and of the various kinds of grammars: traditional, structural, and transformational. |
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Advanced Study in Language or Literature |
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| Description |
Study of selected topics, individual authors, genres or movements in linguistics or in American, British or world literature. The course may be offered as a seminar, as an independent study, or as an adjunct to another class taught by the same instructor. Repeatable when subject matter varies. |
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| Title |
Independent Study in English |
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Course Outline |
| Description |
The consideration of various problems in literature or language agreed upon by the instructor and the student. |
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