2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

WRIT 3303 Elements of Professional WritingPrerequisites: ENGL 1313, 1323; COMM 1313.This course offers students an overview of different types of writing and the role writingplays in the modern work place. Students evaluate examples of professional writingand selections from mass media, identify fallacious reasoning, use and recognizecorrect grammatical usage, write and revise a variety of papers. Each student compilesa portfolio representing his or her best work. Each student also interviews a personwho writes on the job. NOTE: Students may select this course for credit towards theProfessional Writing Specialization in Technical Writing or Rhetoric, and for electivecredit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in Creative Writing.WRIT 3304, Writing and Research Across the DisciplinesPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.Students will study (1) the role of writing in science, the social sciences, the arts, andhumanities, (2) proposals, research prospectuses, abstracts, summaries, and reviews,(3) the role of research in the writing of these documents. Special emphasis is placedon using the various research tools available in the modern library environment as wellas the types of scholarly research which can be pursued on-line. Note: Students mayselect this course for elective credit towards the Professional Writing Specializationin Technical Writing, Rhetoric, or Creative Writing.WRIT 3334 Life WritingPrerequisites: 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 timeperiods and of different nationalities, genders, and races. In their own expositorywriting students incorporate advanced techniques in the areas of description, narration,and analysis and compile a collection of their best works. Students may select thiscourse for elective credit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in CreativeWriting and in Rhetoric.WRIT 3345 Technical WritingPrerequisites: ENGL 1313, 1323, and COMM 1313.This course trains students to write effectively in the modern workplace. Students studyaudience analysis, document design, graphics and web design. They apply what theyhave learned by creating a variety of written documents, including email messages,memos, letter, resumes, and reports. Some group work is required as students needto practice collaborative writing and peer review. Students may select this course forcredit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in Technical Writing and forelective credit towards the Professional Writing Specialization in Creative Writing.WRIT 3354, Creative Writing – PoetryPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.An introduction to poetry writing, accomplished through the study and analysis ofreputable literary models, followed by production of original poems and discussionof those poems in a workshop format. Note: WRIT 3354 fulfills Smith College creditunder Humanities and may be used for the Professional Writing Specialization.WRIT 3355, Creative Writing – FictionPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.An introduction to fiction writing, accomplished through the study and analysis ofreputable literary models, followed by production of original short stories and discussionof those stories in a workshop format. Note: WRIT 3355 fulfills Smith College creditunder Humanities and may be used toward the Professional Writing Specialization.348 / Courses