Introduction to Writing, Rhetoric and Professional Discourse
Contexts and conventions of workplace and public genres of writing; selected rhetorical theories; assignments modelled on creative, academic, and professional texts.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to RWRT majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Technical Communication and Documents
Concepts and techniques for writing technical documents. Various genre-specific rhetorical strategies that inform written work within and outside the university setting.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Note: offered online.
Technical Writing
(also offered as COMM 2P14)
Processes of technical writing and editing. Document design for scientific, corporate and industrial communication. Practical experience in the production of technical documents.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Communication for Organizations
(also offered as COMM 2P16)
Theory, strategies and practice of writing for both business and public organizations.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Reporting and News Writing for Mass Media
(also offered as COMM 2P18 and PCUL 2P18)
News gathering, writing, and editing for print and electronic media; journalistic style and conventions; interviewing and other information-gathering techniques; editing basics.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to RWRT, BCMN, COMM, MCMN, PCUL majors and RWRT minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, PCUL 1F92 or permission of the instructor.
Identity, Identification and Public Address
Relation between individual and community identity as expressed in public address, history of writing and speaking in the public sphere, and the aesthetic and political constraints on writing as activism, as advocacy and as a participatory practice in local, national and/or transnational publics.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Persuasive Discourse: Theoretical Foundations
(also offered as ENGL 2P28 and IASC 2P28)
Classical foundations, historical developments and contemporary theory. Relation of language use to cultural practices, ethics, identity and power. Analysis of various genres of texts and persuasive writing in popular culture and mass media.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, IASC 1F00 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WRIT (ENGL) 2P27.
Communication Design
(also offered as COMM 2P63 and PCUL 2P63)
Communication through imagery and typography, including grid usage, composition, visual hierarchy, content development and scale.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, PCUL 1F92.
Creative Writing: Short Fiction
(also offered as ENGL 3P06)
The craft of short fiction writing.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students with portfolio and permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99.
Note: see Department for details regarding writing portfolio.
Creative Writing: Poetry
(also offered as ENGL 3P07)
The craft of poetry writing.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students with portfolio and permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99.
Note: see Department for details regarding writing portfolios.
Writing for New Media
Theory and practice of writing for new online media. May include web sites, blogs, Twitter and other social media.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from WRIT 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, ENGL 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Organizational Discourses
Relations between culture, discourse and the writing produced in organizational settings; rhetorics of business, management, law, science and media; the role of writing in the production and maintenance of socio-cultural interests and values.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of WRIT 2P14, 2P16, COMM 2P65 or permission of the instructor.
True Stories: The Art and Craft of Literary Journalism
(also offered as ENGL 3P18)
History and theory of narrative non-fiction from Daniel Defoe to Susan Orlean; techniques of narrative craft in the telling of factual stories.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one and one-half WRIT, COMM, ENGL or PCUL credits numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.
Rhetorical Analysis
(also offered as ENGL 3P28 and IASC 3P28)
Analysis of literary and non-literary texts using categories, insights, and practices of classical and contemporary rhetorical studies. Texts include poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, scientific and political writing, and advertising. Attention to the rhetoric of public spaces, issues of social justice, and the building and maintenance of human communities.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one WRIT credit, two ENGL credits numbered 2(alpha)00 or above or permission of the instructor.
Desktop Publishing and Design
(also offered as COMM 3P63 and PCUL 3P63)
Practicum in desktop publishing, layout and design.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to RWRT, BCMN, COMM, MCMN, PCUL majors and RWRT minors with a minimum of 9.0 overall credits.
Life Writing
(also offered as ENGL 3P90)
Cultural productions of the self; theories of and approaches to the study of life writing; texts may include memoirs, diaries, autobiographies and biographies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): two ENGL credits numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Reporting Arts and Culture
(also offered as STAC 3P98)
Contexts, genres, conventions and practices of arts journalism in Canada; critical reading of selected texts in arts journalism; practical experience researching and writing arts news, reviews, features, and publicity for print and electronic media.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): two credits numbered 2(alpha)00 or above from WRIT, COMM, ENGL, PCUL, STAC or permission of the instructor.
Interpretive and Critical Writing in the Arts
(also offered as STAC 3P99 and VISA 3P99)
Principles and methodologies for the written presentation and representation of works of art, artists' practice and events within general and specific disciplinary contexts, discourses and frameworks. Examples from across the arts; practice-based projects from real world events and performances. Orientation to specialized publics in print and other media.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum 10.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor.
Note: event attendance is required; events fees required.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WRIT (STAC/VISA) 3V99.
Topics in Writing and Culture
Independent Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Research project related to writing chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of the Chair.
Note: the student will produce a substantial body of work on a writing and communications issue. Students must have a minimum 75 percent average in two WRIT credits numbered 2(alpha)00 or above. The Chair must approve proposals for projects and circulate approved projects to the Department.
Language and Discourse: Theory and Practice
(also offered as COMM 4P10 and ENGL 4P10)
Analysis of the relation between stylistic features and discursive contexts; encoding and enacting of social worlds and relations in text (both literary and non-literary); introduction to the field of discourse studies in general, emphasizing critical discourse analysis.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to ECUL, ENGL (single or combined), ENGL (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), ALTS, APLI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, HEAR, MCMN, SPLS (single or combined) majors and RWRT minors with approval to year 4 (honours) and RWRT majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent major average or permission of the instructor and the Chair.
Words on Words: Narratives of Language
(also offered as ENGL 4P15)
Critical history of the study of language from Socrates to Saussure and after. Theories of the nature and origin of language; the relations among reality, language, and thought, including the relationship between linguistic theories and literary representation in several historical periods.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to ECUL, ENGL (single or combined), ENGL (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), ALTS, APLI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, HEAR, MCMN, SPLS (single or combined) majors and RWRT minors with approval to year 4 (honours) and RWRT majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent major average or permission of the instructor and the Chair.
Studies in Cultural Rhetoric
(also offered as ENGL 4P20)
How writing shapes and is shaped by the cultural, political, and economic spheres; the intersections between the fields of rhetoric and cultural studies and their contributions to writing production and analysis.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to ECUL, ENGL (single or combined), ENGL (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), ALTS, APLI (single or combined), HEAR, SPLS (single or combined) majors, CWRT and RWRT minors with approval to year 4 (honours) and RWRT majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent major average or permission of the instructor and the Chair.
Writing the Environment
(also offered as ENGL 4P90)
Theoretical, literary texts, and creative writing concerning the relation between literature and the environment.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to ECUL, ENGL (single or combined), ENGL (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), APLI (single or combined), ALTS, BCMN, COMM, HEAR, MCMN, SPLS (single or combined) majors and RWRT minors with approval to year 4 (honours) and RWRT majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent major average or permission of the instructor and the Chair.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WRIT (ENGL) 4V90.
Independent Studies in Writing
Research project related to writing chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of the Chair.
Note: the student will produce a substantial body of work on a writing and communications issue. Students must have a minimum 75 percent average in two WRIT credits numbered 2(alpha)00 or above. The Chair must approve proposals for projects and circulate approved projects to the Department.
Independent Studies in Writing
Research project related to writing chosen by the student in consultation with a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of the Chair.
Note: the student will produce a substantial body of work on a writing and communications issue. Students must have a minimum 75 percent average in two WRIT credits numbered 2(alpha)00 or above. The Chair must approve proposals for projects and circulate approved projects to the Department.
Writing Area Studies
Topics selected on the basis of faculty expertise.