Includes analysis, development, use, and evaluation of various models employed in the process of technical writing. For this advanced poetry writing course, the central text will be the student's own writing. Students will read recently published poetry, regularly write their own poetry, and frequently rewrite it. Explores various types and styles of reviews. Students read a variety of critics as well as write original reviews of film, television, theater, music, books, etc.
Students write about scientific subjects for the layperson.
Students will be asked to combine research and interviewing skills with imaginative writing to produce several science feature stories as they might appear in a magazine or daily newspaper. In addition, students will become acquainted with scientific journals and other sources of information for stories and will read a wide variety of examples of scientific writing. Students write about scientific subjects for the layperson. Students will be asked to combine research and interviewing skills with imaginative writing to produce several science feature stories as they might appear in a magazine or daily newspaper. In addition, students will become acquainted with scientific journals and other sources of information for stories and will read a wide variety of examples of scientific writing.