[1] Courses in Writing (WRTG)

1310 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING Part of the general education program and required of all students during the first semester they are eligible to enroll. This course introduces students to the writing process, focusing on audience, invention, and arrangement, and will be conducted as a workshop. Prerequisite: ACT score of 19 or higher or completion of UNIV 1300 with a grade of C or higher. Fall, spring, summer.

1320 ACADEMIC WRITING AND RESEARCH Part of the general education program and required of all students during the first semester they are eligible to enroll. The course introduces students to academic argument based on substantiating, evaluating, and proposing claims. Research strategies are central to the course, which will be conducted as a workshop. Prerequisite. WRTG 1310 with a grade of C or higher. Fall, spring, summer.

2310 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to study through their own writing the four major genres of creative writing: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and playwriting/screenwriting. Through guided reading and writing assignments, students will learn the basic elements of each of these genres and will be given the opportunity to practice in all of these forms. Lectures will cover all genres; workshop genres will be determined by individual preferences and instructor's area of expertise. Some class time will be devoted to workshops, invention exercises, and marketing strategies. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall, spring.

2315 INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC WRITING This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of the literary art of scriptwriting. The course will address aspects of both playwriting and screenwriting. Students will be expected to practice the different scriptwriting forms being studied and to submit a portfolio of original scripts/scenes at the end of the course. The course is taught as a workshop. Prerequisites: WRTG 1320. Spring.

2320 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS This course will cover a variety of topics useful to any language-related course of study. Areas covered include sound structure, work structure, and sentence structure; meaning and function of language; language and culture; language and thought; linguistic variation; history of writing systems; and language acquisition. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall, spring.

2325 INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC This course acquaints students with basic rhetorical knowledge demanded by their academic growth in creative writing, studies of rhetoric, technical/professional writing, and composition studies. It will introduce students to three key areas of rhetoric: (a) a brief historical account of rhetoric, (2) basic concepts of classical rhetoric, and (3) basic forms of rhetorical analysis. In addition to class discussions and lectures, students will be tested and write critiques of rhetorical discourse. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320.

2350 WORLD LANGUAGES An introduction to world languages from geographical, historical, social, and psychological perspectives. Emphasis on the diversity in the world's verbal communication systems as well as the universal aspects underlying all human symbolic behavior. Basic introduction to language structure, phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Fall, spring.

3300 CREATIVE WRITING Introduces students to creative writing theory and practice in one of the following genres: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, or playwriting/screenwriting. Some attention will be given to students' writing preferences and some time will be devoted to workshops and invention. Prerequisite: WRTG 2310 or consent of instructor. Fall, spring.

3301 RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION An introduction to the discipline of rhetoric and its applications to composition. The course is designed to increase students' repertoire of strategies for dealing with a variety of rhetorical situations. Students will learn how to assess rhetorical situations, identify issues in specific cases, and construct arguments based on those cases. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall, spring, summer.

3305 WRITING FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES Upper-division workshop course for writing majors and minors and students in other programs. Focuses on academic and professional forms of writing. Student will use advanced strategies for print and electronic writing and examine how to shape the composition process for specific writing tasks and purposes. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall, spring.

3310 TECHNICAL WRITING A workshop course in professional and technical writing. Students work on several writing projects, both in groups and as individuals. Some sections will use writing internships with state agencies and businesses to give students the opportunity to write in the workplace and examine the issues of professional communication. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320 and at least junior standing. Fall, spring.

3315 PRACTICUM IN THE WRITING LABORATORY Training course for the University Center for Communication Support. Exposure to rhetorical and linguistic concepts that enhance the teaching of composition and oral presentations. Prerequisites: WRTG 1320, SPCH 1300, and consent of the instructor. Spring.

3320 FORMS OF SCRIPTWRITING Comprehensive examination of the formal elements of the literary art of scriptwriting. The course will address aspects of both playwriting (stage design, script format, contemporary dramatic theory, and technical considerations) and screenwriting (cinematic narration, script format, contemporary film theory, and technical considerations). The course is taught as a workshop. Prerequisites: WRTG 1310, 1320, and 2310. Fall.

3325 FORMS OF POETRY Comprehensive examination of the formal elements of the literary art of writing poetry, with an emphasis on the study of prosody, traditional and contemporary poetics, contemporary poetic theory, poetic craft, and other technical aspects of the art. The course is taught as a workshop. Prerequisites: WRTG 1310, 1320, and 2310. Fall.

3330 FORMS OF NONFICTION This course will provide an in-depth consideration and practice of one of the many forms of creative nonfiction writing, including but not limited to memoir, the review essay, travel writing, the literary essay, literary journalism, social and political writing, sports writing, and nature writing.Â Subjects will be determined by instructor interest and expertise.

3335 FORMS OF FICTION This course will provide an in-depth consideration and practice of one of the many forms of fiction writing, including but not limited to the novel, short-short fiction, magical realism, mystery writing, science fiction, and metafiction.Â Subjects will be determined by instructor interest and expertise.

3340 WRITING ACQUISITION: THEORY AND PRACTICE Designed for the mid-level teacher education candidate, this course introduces basic theories behind the teaching of writing and addresses the literacy benchmarks established for mid-level grades. Students will learn strategies for teaching the writing process. Prerequisite: 1320. Fall.

4305 CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION: THEORY AND APPLICATION An upper-division elective for writing majors and minors and students interested in teaching writing. This course examines composition theory and pedagogy through both readings and direct observation of composition classrooms. The first half of the course concentrates on the history of contemporary composition theory and the key issues fundamental to the development of the disciplines. The second half of the course concentrates on how these theories are applied in today's composition classroom. Students will analyze the composition teaching they observe and relate it to theories discussed. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Spring.

4315 SEMANTICS An upper-division elective for writing majors and minors and for speech and mass communications majors and minors. This course examines meaning in language--how we know what words and sentences mean. At the word level, students will examine such ideas as sense, connotation and extension. At the sentence level, students will examine propositions, truth conditions, scope, entailment and implicature. Metaphor, representation, speech acts and conversation will also be discussed. Discussion, lecture, essays, project. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall.

4320 SEMINAR IN RHETORIC AND CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Elective for writing majors and minors and other students interested in persuasion. Provides students with an understanding of the impact of rhetorical traditions on written and oral communications in non-Western cultures. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall.

4324 TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING This course will provide students a more concentrated focus on specific areas, sub-genres, trends, schools, and developments in the creative writing discipline. The topics will vary according to instructor interest and expertise. Prerequisite: WRTG 2310 and WRTG 3300. Fall, spring.

4325 SOCIOLINGUISTICS An upper-division elective course for writing majors and minors and for anthropological sociology majors and minors. This course examines the connections between language and society and language and culture, including such factors as region, gender, age, race, sexual orientation, and social standing; language varieties, registers and speech communities. Discussion, lecture, short essays and a student project. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Fall.

4330 LINGUISTICS FOR EDUCATORS This course is designed for students interested in the teaching of writing. Areas covered include the history of grammar, literacy, the teaching of reading, writing and spelling through linguistic principles, the function of language in a class setting, and methods for teaching non-standard English speakers and writers. Discussion, workshop, lecture. Prerequisite: WRTG 1320. Spring.

4340 TEACHING CREATIVE WRITING This course is designed for a student who may be teaching creative writing or including creative writing in their curriculum at the K-University levels. Areas to be covered include the history of creative writing pedagogy, up to and including modern pedagogocial approaches to the field. In addition to discussion and lectures, students will observe and describe creative writing classes at levels pertinent to their teaching interests and develop an integrated practice lesson.

4370 EXEMPLARY STUDIES SENIOR THESIS This course satisfies a requirement for graduation from the Exemplary Studies Undergraduate Scholars Program and for graduation with honors from the major department. The student will enroll in the course in order to prepare for submission, no later than the last day of instruction for the semester in which the student will graduate, an honors thesis (a research paper, project, performance, or presentation) of twenty to thirty pages or the performance equivalent demonstrating original, reasoned research or creative work. Discussion, writing, and groupwork. Fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: Acceptance in major department's Exemplary Studies Program.

4380 DIRECTED STUDY IN WRITING Provides opportunities for advanced study of specific topics in Composition and Rhetoric, Creative Writing, and Linguistics. It is designed for students who have completed basic and intermediate courses and who want to study specific topics that are not offered in the curriculum. Directed Study is especially useful to students who plan to go on to graduate study and to students seeking professional careers in writing. Prerequisite: WRTG 1310 and 1320.

4381 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING An elective for majors and minors in Writing. In-depth investigation of a significant figure, group, historical period, genre, or issue in rhetoric or writing. Content varies. Course may be repeated for credit. Offered on demand. Lecture, discussion, research, writing. Prerequisite: senior status and writing major or minor.

4385 INTERNSHIP IN WRITING Emphasizes professional writing experience from work sites outside the university. Interns are supervised by department faculty and work site manager. The internship also applies to students seeking on-the-job experience in linguistics. Prerequisite: WRTG 1310, 1320, one 3000 level writing course, and consent of department chair.

6610 ADVANCED TEACHING OF WRITING The Central Arkansas Writing Project Summer Institute for the Teaching of Writing is a special, selective, five-week intensive program that gathers exceptional K-12 teachers from the Central Arkansas region to study writing and the teaching of writing from published research and guest presentations on classroom practices. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and acceptance into workshop. Summer.