2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

WRIT 3303 Elements of Professional Writing
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313, 1323
This course offers students an overview of different types of writing and the role writing plays in the modern work
place. Students evaluate examples of professional writing and selections from mass media, identify fallacious
reasoning, use and recognize correct grammatical usage, write and revise a variety of papers. Each student compiles a
portfolio representing his or her best work. Each student also interviews a person who writes on the job. NOTE:
Students may select this course for credit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in Technical Writing or
Rhetoric, and for elective credit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in Creative Writing.
WRIT 3334 Life Writing
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.
An introduction to the writing of personal history. Students read individual journals, autobiography and
autobiographical fiction by a variety of authors from different time periods and of different nationalities, genders, and
races. In their own expository writing students incorporate advanced techniques in the areas of description, narration,
and analysis and compile a collection of their best works. Students may select this course for elective credit towards the
Professional Writing Specialization in Creative Writing and in Rhetoric.
WRIT 3345 Technical Writing
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313, 1323.
This course trains students to write effectively in the modern workplace. Students study audience analysis, document
design, graphics and web design. They apply what they have learned by creating a variety of written documents,
including email messages, memos, letter, resumes, and reports. Some group work is required as students need to
practice collaborative writing and peer review. Students may select this course for credit towards the Professional
Writing Specialization in Technical Writing and for elective credit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in
Creative Writing.
WRIT 3350 Creative Writing Non-Fiction
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313, 1323
This course explores non-fiction prose and its rhetorical elements. Students both read and write creative non-fiction,
compiling a reading journal and a writing portfolio of their own essays.
WRIT 3354, Creative Writing – Poetry
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.
An introduction to poetry writing, accomplished through the study and analysis of reputable literary models, followed
by production of original poems and discussion of those poems in a workshop format. Note: WRIT 3354 fulfills Smith
College credit under Humanities and may be used for the Professional Writing Specialization.
WRIT 3355, Creative Writing – Fiction
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.
An introduction to fiction writing, accomplished through the study and analysis of reputable literary models, followed
by production of original short stories and discussion of those stories in a workshop format. Note: WRIT 3355 fulfills
Smith College credit under Humanities and may be used toward the Professional Writing Specialization.
WRIT 3356: Playwriting and Screenwriting
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323
An introduction to writing for the stage and screen, accomplished through the study and analysis of appropriate models,
followed by production of original works and discussion of those works in a workshop format. NOTE: WRIT 3356
fulfills Smith College credit under Humanities. Students may also select this course for credit toward the Professional
Writing Specialization, or the English Major.
WRIT 3383 Advanced Grammar and Writing
Prerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.
The course includes and overview of the history of the English language. It emphasizes descriptive grammar using
sentence diagramming and analysis. The course includes the in-depth study of construction, forms, and usage of words,
phrases, clauses, and sentences. Required for teacher certification in Language Arts grades 4-8 and 8-12.
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