A study of principles and techniques of public speaking, preparation and performance. This course is designed to introduce students to the style and organization of academic and public reading materials. It will center on materials which the students have the greatest need for and are most interested in, including regional fiction, newspaper and magazine articles, non-fictional essays, and excerpts from science and social science texts. It will emphasize reading, note-taking, summarizing and reporting. An introduction to techniques of writing poetry.
Course introduces forms and elements of poetry, and the creative process.
This course is an introduction to the writing of short fiction. It emphasizes the elements of short fiction. A survey of Native American Literatures with emphasis on contemporary writers.