An exploration of some of the most important contemporary techniques of prose fiction in the short story form. Professional elective for technical professional communication majors. The acceptability of the student's project is determined on the basis of its intrinsic literary merit and its potential value to the student's development as a writer. Professional elective for professional technical communication majors. Class 4, Credit 4 0502-454 Newswriting Practicum in basic techniques of newswriting and gathering for the daily press.
Emphasis is primarily on writing for the print media and on frequent writing against a deadline.
PTC writing elective, option for minors and concentrators in language communication, and also may be taken as a liberal arts elective. An examination of the documentary film and video as case studies in communication media. Focuses on film techniques used as argument, persuasion, propaganda and reconstruction of reality. Such elements as director, subject, shooting style and editing techniques are analyzed in terms of message, purpose and audience. All rights reserved.