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- ENGL 651 Forms of Professional Writing
- The digital future challenges all writers today, but none more so than those who define and debate issues. Writing in the Digital World proceeds from the premise that familiarity with the onrushing digital revolution is a key to success in the world. Public policy, government, politics, high technology, publishing, entertainment, education and business all demand excellence not only in crafting traditional genres – the focused memo, the short speech, the effective presentation, the lucid policy statement, the engaging issue ad, and the articulate op-ed – but above all, in envisioning and refining the web site – the first new genre of the digital era, and the genre that will come to subsume all others.
3 credits.
ALAN WEINBLATT, instructor
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ENGL 681 Independent Study in English and Writing
- Independent studies in topics chosen by the student and the
student's advisor are arranged through an individual instructor
and require the permission of the program director and the College
dean.
Every Semester, 3 Credits -
ENGL 691 The Thesis
- Every student in the M.F.A. program in Writing must complete
a thesis that is a publishable, book-length work. It may be fiction,
non-fiction, poetry, or a script for the visual media. It may
be a collection of short pieces. Its subject matter may be scientific
or literary. It may be business-oriented or academic. The thesis
is judged solely on the quality of its intelligence and its writing.
Every student will, with the assistance of the program director,
choose a thesis supervisor to provide guidance and criticism in
the completion of the project. At the same time that the thesis
supervisor is chosen, the program director will also guide the
student in the selection of a thesis committee, which will consist
of the thesis supervisor, one other member of the faculty in Writing,
and one outside reader knowledgeable in the student's field of
interest. Progress toward the completion of the thesis will be
reviewed not only by the thesis supervisor but also by members
of the thesis committee. The finished thesis must be approved
by the thesis committee, and the final step in thesis approval
is a public defense and discussion of the student's work.
Every Semester, 6 Credits
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