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• WRH 330: Autobiographical Acts

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will research and write autobiography to question its forms and theory. Prerequisite:    WRH 330 requires a prerequisite of WRT 200 or WRT 204 or WRT 205 or WRT 206 or WRT 208 or WRT 220.
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• WRH 333: African American Autobiography

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to textual analysis through the study of African American autobiography, from slave narratives such as Frederick Douglass's 1845 Narrative, to late twentieth century memoirs such as Audre Lorde's Zami and Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father. Students will investigate "African American" as a category for literary criticism and engage how the genre has both contested racist oppression from slavery to the present day and responded to the pressures of representing race. Students will further examine the styles and structures of self-expression within black-authored memoirs and what effect such texts have on understandings of race in historical and literary contexts. Students are urged to develop critical, academic language that both speaks and acts to address racism. This course will also support students' development of skills as literary scholars to embolden them to read actively, write probingly, and act courageously.
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• WRH 335: Activism and Advocacy Writing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students investigate, theorize, and produce a variety of documents representing the genres activists and advocates used in a variety of campaigns.
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• WRH 340: Introduction to Visual Rhetoric

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an introduction to some of the major questions motivating the field of visual rhetoric, with the goal of helping students understand the powerful and political rhetorical potential that images possess.
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• WRH 341: Visual Cultures

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course considers how visuals are employed and deployed in response to particular rhetorical situations and the cultural, social, historical, and economic factors that create these situations.
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• WRH 342: Document Design

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an introduction to document design, a key characteristic of rhetorically effective documents. We may not always notice when a document is designed well, but we certainly notice when a design is ineffective. In this course, we'll explore how visual and verbal elements combine to create meaning and practice basic design principles as we create projects for the class and for clients.
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• WRH 343: Visual Rhetoric in Comics and Graphic Novels

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will closely examine how comics and graphic novels draw on language and images to create visual narratives. Students will learn a basic vocabulary for talking about visual narrative from theorists like Scott McCloud, Will Eisner, and Molly Bang, and then they'll turn their discussion to a series of graphic novels. How do the images in the novels construct a narrative What happens in the gutter How do comics and graphic novels use language and images to do real cultural work
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• WRH 345: Professional and Technical Editing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this course, students will learn the rhetorical principles and practices of technical and scientific editing today. They will approach technical and scientific editing as encompassing the production, management, and revision of documents and artifacts that function well for their intended users. Prerequisite:    WRH 345 requires prerequisites of WRT 120; and WRT 200 or WRT 204 or WRT 205 or WRT 206 or WRT 208 or WRT 220.
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• WRH 350: Grant and Proposal Writing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores proposals and grant proposals--a genre written by academics as well as nonprofit and for-profit organizations--as a complex rhetorical endeavor. Students will examine how grant proposals can support organizational and individual goals of community and civic engagement and trace the functions of grant proposals within organizations, analyzing how these documents fit within the larger scope of professional and academic writing. Prerequisite:    WRH 350 requires completion of general education English Composition requirements.
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• WRH 360: Social Media Writing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course introduces students to the theory and practice of professional writing for social media. Although students likely have prior experience with social media platforms as an individual, writing with the voice of a business, nonprofit, or even student organization on social media is an entirely different and sometimes difficult matter. This course will instruct students in drafting and updating social media strategies and internal social media policies. The course will also offer practical experience in running organizational social media accounts. In addition to formal writing assignments, students will also have informal writing opportunities to help develop their understanding of how people write professionally about and with social media.
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