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Modules: History & Materiality of Writing, Issues in Writing, Technologies & the Future of Writing

Introduction to Writing Arts

Prerequisites: College Composition II (COMP 01112)
Produced by Amanda Haruch

The official Rowan catalog entry for this course can be found here.
 

Intro To Writing Arts: History & Materiality of Writing (module)

Introduction to Writing Arts familiarizes students with the disciplinary underpinnings of Writing Arts, providing a background in the history of writing, current writing theories, writing as technology, and the writing professions. The course covers these issues within the context of the Writing Arts major, enabling students to situate themselves in a community of writers and language professionals and preparing them for upper-level coursework.


3.00 Credit Hours
WA 01200
​Produced by Amanda Haruch
Because the written word is inseparable from the technologies used to produce it, the history of writing and the technologies of writing are discussed together in this module. We will not only look at how aspects of writing changed over time due to sociocultural shifts, but the role technology played in those changes.

​Intro to Writing Arts:  Issues in Writing (module)

​Produced by Amanda Haruch
During this module, we will look at prominent ideas and concepts that shape contemporary understandings of writing. The module is divided into four units: the writing process; social construction and the rhetorical situation; genre; and academic integrity. In addition to reading the work of experts, we will discuss our own writing processes and how motivation, circumstances, and external expectations shape the writing process.

Intro to Writing Arts: Technologies & the Future of Writing (module)

​​Produced by Amanda Haruch
In this module, we'll investigate technologies and the future of writing by critically engaging in contemporary writing practices in digital environments (e.g. blogging, microblogging, creating a digital writing portfolio, and conducting online research) while grappling with relevant research in the field of rhetoric and writing studies. Specifically, we'll ask: How do contemporary writing technologies and practices cause us to reconsider our definition of writing as well as constructs like audience, identity, originality, authority, ownership, materiality, and collaboration?
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