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This interdisciplinary writing course investigates the cognitive and emotional benefits of writing for diverse populations including trauma survivors, patients, caregivers, teachers or those who hope to teach - anyone who is interested in the power of personal writing to effect change. Training in reflective writing supports clinical and/or pedagogical effectiveness among medical and educational professionals by enabling them to both listen to and respond to stories of conflict, illness, trauma, and transformation and to express their own histories in writing as well.

Upon successful completion of this course you will be proficient in the use of industry-standard web design software. The major and ongoing project for the course will be an online portfolio that demonstrates your skills as a web designer and professional writer

Upon successful completion of this course you will be proficient in the use of industry-standard web design software. The major and ongoing project for the course will be an online portfolio that demonstrates your skills as a web designer and professional writer

This course helps English majors find their way to the post-graduate life they want. Students practice important job search skills, learn to articulate the worth of their major, and leave the course with a better sense of their vocational direction. In addition to receiving individualized guidance in creating cover letters and resumes of immediate use, students work on multiple other assignments: attendance at career events, interviews with professionals from fields of interest, a professional presentation, a short paper researching professions, and participation in a mock interview.

This course is an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric, defined here as the art of persuasion. For nearly 2,500 years, rhetoric has been the central academic discipline for thinking about the adaptation of discourse to purpose, audience, occasion, and subject matter. The earliest rhetorical arts were focused on public speaking in direct democracies; later rhetorics treated eloquence more broadly, including written discourse and its role in not only political and legal affairs but also religion, science, commerce, art, and education.

This course in composition and rhetoric studies takes up questions of the relationship between writing production and various aspects of culture (e.g. identity, geography, economy, etc.)

Directs students toward particular types of techical editing and writing: report writing, grant proposals, speechwriting, voiceovers, and integration with video and films, etc. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 381.

Continuation of ENGLISH 380. Production of documentation of portfolio quality; examples of technical editing and writing of entry-level quality. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 380 or consent of instructor.

Students will read major works, representing both "canonical" and emerging authors, from across the Caribbean. Lectures and discussions will address central themes in Caribbean writing, as well as issues of form and style.