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Credit Course Descriptions (Spring 2010)
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ENGL 140

Writing for Interactive Media (3 CR)

Prerequisite: ENGL 121

This course teaches students to apply the writing process as well as fundamental rhetorical and composition skills to various interactive media including Web pages, CD-ROMs/DVD, e-mail, kiosks, computer program packages and other electronic media. The instruction will focus on skills essential to selecting, evaluating and synthesizing information from primary and secondary sources; in addition, it will emphasize the different approaches to organization that these media require as well as the variety of discourse styles used in informative, instructional, persuasive and entertainment media texts. 3 hrs. lecture/wk.
Associated Costs: In addition to the course tuition, fees, and textbooks, this course has additional expense considerations that are estimated to be $10 to $20.