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• WRI 311: CREAT WRIT:SHORT FICTION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students in "Creative Writing: Short Fiction" develop writing skills as will enable them to produce original works of fiction. Students read, analyze, and critique each other's stories as well as those by accomplished fiction writers, and ideas, techniques, and aesthetic concepts are discussed in a workshop setting.
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• WRI 312: CREAT WRIT:POETRY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  WRI 312 Creative Writing: Poetry is an advanced course in the writing of poetry, focusing on poetic craft and style through critical analysis of student poems, and analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of published contemporary poetry. The course will be conducted as a workshop with extensive peer review.
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• WRI 313: CREATIVE WRITING:DRAMA

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  An advanced course in the writing of drama.
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• WRI 315: ARTS/ENTERTAINMNT WRITING

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This class explores the nuances of contemporary arts and entertainment journalism and writing, with special emphasis on creating interactive, digital articles and media that will engage audiences. Students will also read, consume and respond to a wide range of recently published articles, blogs, podcasts and web videos. Students will learn to critically respond to a wide range of film and television media. They will learn to respond critically to media, write appropriate to audience and market and interact with their audience via social media. Students will write articles, reviews, blogs and have the opportunity to create a podcast or web video.
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• WRI 316: PR/CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  PR and the Corporate Environment introduces students to the various roles public relations professionals play in both internal and external corporate communication strategies and efforts.
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• WRI 318: SPORTS WRITING AND REPORTING

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Sports Writing provides students with the tools to write legitimate sports stories worthy of publication. Journalistic fundamentals such as research, interviewing, storytelling, accuracy, editing, and ethics will be stressed. The course will also involve photojournalism and the development of an online sport-related presence. This course requires familiarity with the Internet, access to a digital camera, and experience with word processing and slide show software.
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• WRI 320: ADVANCED TECHNICAL WRITING

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This goal of this course is to help students master the art of creating technical reports for specific audiences. Students will learn effective strategies for crafting user-centered technical reports, and special attention will be paid to addressing complex problems with analytical reports. Students will learn how to write with (and edit for) clarity, accuracy, and concision in order to craft technical reports that resonate within professional settings.
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• WRI 321: INFO DESIGN:DATA VIS TECH WRIT

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course focuses on helping students learn the principles and value of information design, with an emphasis on creating effective data visualizations for technical writing contexts. Students will learn strategies for acquiring, processing, and interpreting data, as well as how to create a variety of visualizations that connect with specific audiences. Special attention will be paid to making visualizations by writing code and using open source software to aid in data collection and design.
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• WRI 325: TRAVEL WRITING

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will enable students to write newspaper, magazine and online articles about specific destinations that inform the reader about the culture, history and landscape of a place. The class will not only focus on broader issues like research methods, tone but also micro -techniques regarding word choice and sentence structure. Students will produce a number of articles of varying styles, including travelogues, travel features, adventure stories and guidebook entries as well as read fine examples of each type of writing featuring destinations from around the world. Like most professional travel writers, the students will begin by seeking out inexpensive, close-to-home destinations that might appeal to a broader audience, market appropriateness.
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• WRI 326: ADV DESKTOP PUBL:WRI+DESN

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this advanced course, students will consider aspects of document composition both content and design. Assignments will emphasize promotional copy writing as well as report writing.
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