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• WELL 175: Wellness

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course offers a comprehensive discussion of the dimensions of wellness including such topics as physical fitness, nutrition, psychological well-being, time- and stress-management, STI prevention, sexual violence risk reduction, active bystander interventions, addictive behaviors related to alcohol and other drugs, cultural responsiveness, as well as chronic diseases. The course includes useful and practical advice for adopting a wellness lifestyle that considers individual interests, goals, and life situations.
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• WELL 240: Health, Safety, Nutr for Child

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to address the essential components of childrens wellness. The course will present ways to promote childrens health through awareness, effective practices and knowledge of health issues; address the creation and maintenance of safe environments for young children; and meet children's essential nutritional needs through nutrition education and planning. Emphasis will be placed on preventive health practices, the promotion of lifelong physical activity, and on the collaborative effort of families and teachers in the promotion of these wellness issues in the face of current health issues for children, especially obesity.
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• WRIT 272: Introduction to Writng Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Focuses on some of the major areas of scholarship related to the practice of writing: literacy practices; historical accounts of writing instruction; the relationship of classical rhetoric to contemporary writing; writing across the curriculum; studies of professional and workplace writing; computers and writing; social, political and economic dimensions of writing; and others. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110.
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• WRIT 273: Writing in the Disciplines

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines writing across three major academic domains: sciences, social sciences and humanities. Explores how disciplinary conventions and rhetorical contexts call for different writing strategies, particularly different choices in purpose, content, language, style, voice, tone and organization.
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• WRIT 274: The Craft of Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores writing as a varied set of deliberate, artful choices in regard to designing and stylizing diverse persuasive texts, all crafted for specific audiences-emphasizing a mindful focus upon language for students at all levels of preparation. The course invites students to experience, in texts of all kinds, the interplay of argumentative structure and style that impacts readers: both rhetorical awareness and stylistic agility. As a topics course, ENGL 274 will permit instructors to select various genres of writing and styles to challenge students' practice. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110, repeatable up to 6 credits.
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• WRIT 280: Intro to Rhetoric for Writers

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces students to rhetorical theory and concepts useful to their lives as writers broadly defined. We will explore how people argue, persuade and identify with one another by analyzing texts across genres and historical periods. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110, 30 credit hours
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• WRIT 311: Advanced Composition

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Exploration, evaluation and writing across diverse and dynamic writing contexts to create rhetorically sophisticated texts, such as memoirs, socially expressive essays or other varieties of creative nonfiction; Classical and/or Rogerian arguments; ethnographic studies; varieties of public discourses; innovative, multigenre researched writing; summaries, abstracts and literature reviews; and texts designed for websites, wikis and blogs. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110 or equivalent, 60 s.h.
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• WRIT 312: Technical Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Writing of scientific and technical reports, manuals, technical articles and correspondence. Emphasis on data collection and analysis. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110 or equivalent, 60 s.h.
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• WRIT 316: Business Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Informative and persuasive writing in business and industry. Extensive practice in writing letters, memorandums, proposals and reports. Emphasis on business writing strategies and processes Prereq: Prerequisite:    ENGL 110 or equivalent, 60 s.h.
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• WRIT 317: Editing for Publication

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Focuses on the role of the editor in publishing. Developing skills to improve copy for publication, designing content for websites and blogs as well as creating photographic, audio and video material for use on the web. Prerequisite:    ENGL 110 or equivalent
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