Continuation of WRT 120. Students learn strategies for research-based writing. They practice writing processes to build well-supported arguments and incorporate sources. Students must earn a grade of C (not C-) or better to fulfill the Foundations - Writing requirement. WRT 120 and WRT 130 or WRT 150 are prerequisites to SWS courses. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: WRT 120.
Winter 2025 - Online
Students practice different kinds of academic writing and learn strategies for rhetorical research-based writing. They practice writing processes to build well-supported arguments and incorporate sources. Students must receive a grade of C (not C-) or better to fulfill the Foundations-Writing requirement. Fulfillment of the general education Foundations - Writing is a prerequisite for any SWS course.
Winter 2025 - Online Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
Students will identify and analyze stylistic techniques and the rhetorical effects of style in writing. The course will help students discover and examine the intersections among style, genre, historical and cultural contexts, and technology. Students will also experiment with stylistic techniques for different audiences, purposes, genres, and effects. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.
Winter 2025 - Hybrid
Introduction to the theory and practice of various forms of creative writing. Students may write poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction and also read literature in each genre. Fulfills Foundations - Arts. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.
Training in communication skills for business and the professions. Assignments cover varieties of information management, including handling research, gathering data, writing reports, manuals, directions, and correspondence, and making oral presentations. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.
Winter 2025 - Online Spring/Summer 2025 - Hybrid
This course prepares students for the challenges of writing in the global context. Through analysis and practice, students will learn to write and design documents that respond to the needs of local and global audiences in the 21st century workplace. Focus is on communication competence and the cultural dimension of language and design. Part of the Globalization Issue. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
This course helps students understand the theory, principles, and research of effective professional writing in international contexts while studying abroad. Students will address and solve communication problems typically encountered by international non governmental organizations through the writing and researching of professional writing genres (grants, proposals, brochures, and other workplace documents). Offered spring/summer semester of even years. Prerequisites: WRT 150 and instructor permission.
Spring/Summer 2025 - Hybrid
Examines sports and culture from a range of perspectives in a range of genres, including those related to journalistic forms, commentary, the personal essay, fiction, and poetry. The theory and practice of these genres will be emphasized through student writing. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.
Spring/Summer 2025 - Online
Student-initiated supervised work experience in potential career interest area, planned with internship coordinator and worksite supervisor. Students spend 45 field hours per semester for each credit in addition to a weekly academic seminar. The internship must be at least 50 percent writing/editing. Credit is awarded when student, coordinator, and supervisor complete evaluations. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: WRT 200, WRT 210, WRT 219, WRT 253, writing major, junior standing, minimum 2.75 major GPA, and internship coordinator permission. Writing minors may only take this course with internship coordinator permission.
