This course examines not only what is "news" but how the press presents news stories to the reading public. Issues in bias, spinning and framing, ideology and politics will be of focus. Course credit exclusions: AP/WRIT/EN 4752.PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/EN 4756 3.00.
A problem-based capstone course in which students work in teams to develop and construct institutional responses, both internal and external, to extraordinary circumstances. PRIOR TO FALL 2012: AP/EN 4711 3.00PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/EN 4810 3.00.
This course considers the role of books in our culture now and in the future. Through lectures, workshops, and simulations, students learn how publishers affect the content, appearance, and reception of the books they publish. Prerequisite: AP/PRWR 2006 3.00
This course familiarizes students with the expectations,requirements, and conventions of corporate/organizational communication, and develops the skills needed to become a successful writer in a public or private sector professional environment. Prerequisite: AP/PRWR 2006 3.00. Course credit exclusion: AS/EN 3710 6.00 (prior to Fall 2012). PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AP/EN 3800 6.00, AP/EN […]
Offers an introductory survey of the primary genres involved in periodical publication, both newspapers and magazines. Genres addressed include news and investigative reports, commentary, reviews, profiles. The course attends also to the differential effects of subject matter on genre. Prerequisite: AP/PRWR 2006 3.00. Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 3700 6.00 (prior to Fall 2012).
The course considers authoring in the context of online environments and theories of such work. It introduces strategies for composing, editing, and promoting one's writing online. Collaborative online platforms will be demonstrated and analyzed. Topics considered include blogging, copyright law, social networking, creating media rich environments, ebooks, and the skills writers need to find and […]