College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2015-2016 Catalog

283 definition of power, Islamic fundamentalism, terrorism, war, ethnic conflict, political economy, international institutions, transnational organizations, trade, modernization, dependency theory, imperialism, globalization, and the foreign policy of the United States and its impact on the world community. Students are expected to keep up to date with current global events by reading an international newspaper each day and being prepared to connect and apply those current events to the topics covered in class. M.A in Writing HUMN—Humanities HUMN 5000 History and Theory of Rhetoric (3 credits) A survey of both theories and practices in rhetoric from the classical Greek and Roman eras to the present. The course will study rhetorical theorists ranging from Plato, Augustine, Aristotle, and Quintilian to Toulmin, Foucault, Derrida, and Kristeva, emphasizing the influences and trends in rhetoric over time. WRIT—Writing WRIT 5000 Professional and Public Writing (3 credits) This course offers an advanced study of professional writing strategies for public documents, including documentation and research, proposals and reports, argument and persuasion, layout and design, and writing and etiquette within electronic media. WRIT 5010 Research Methods (3 credits) This course offers writers opportunities to practice various qualitative, quantitative, textual, and historical research methods. WRIT 5020 Poetry Writing Workshop (3 credits) An advanced poetry writing workshop focusing on the art and craft of poetry within a collaborative, peer-review environment. Development of metaphorical structure and metrical language exploration of the universal in individual human experience will be particularly emphasized. WRIT 5030 Fiction Writing Workshop (3 credits) An advanced fiction writing workshop focusing on the art and craft of fiction within a collaborative, peer-review environment. Students will hone the techniques and tools of the fiction writer, such as a plot, narrative strategy, character, and motif. WRIT 5040 Screenwriting Workshop (3 credits) This workshop style class will examine the narrative structure and mechanics of the screenplay, as well as its creation and history. Particular emphasis will be on idea generation, plot development, screenplay format, writing treatments, scene construction, dialogue, and character development. WRIT 5050 Autobiography and Memoir Workshop (3 credits) This workshop style course focuses on the art and craft of autobiographical and memoir writing, by reading representative authors, understanding strategies used to represent the self in memory, and writing autobiographical/memoir pieces. WRIT 5060 Writing Literary Nonfiction (3 credits) This course focuses on reading and developing writing strategies for true-life stories in the nonfiction tradition exemplified by such writers as Agee, McPhee, Didion, Krakauer,