Graduate Coursework 

The following is the coursework I completed to earn a Master's of Arts in English - Rhetoric and Writing at St. Cloud State University from Fall 2010 - Spring 2012.

English 500 Grant Writing

Grant proposal writing mainly for those seeking funding for research projects and non-profit organizations. Focus on audience specific writing. Uses both traditional and electronic sources.

 

English 503 Digital Rhetoric, Discourse, and Culture

Impact of technology in humanities and English studies: history, theory, and practice of electronically mediated communication; print and electronic literacies; modes of discourse and theories of language, community, and self.

 

English 505 Principles and Theories of Professional Communication

Historical, cultural and social exploration of Professional Communication as a situated discourse practice.  Includes creating job applications such as portfolios.

 

English 507 Research Methods in Rhetoric and Writing

Theory-driven and qualitative research methods and methodologies in rhetoric, composition, and professional communication. Assumptions, practices, and ethics of methods through interdisciplinary readings and analysis of texts and journal articles.

 

English 530 Principles of Document Content and Design

Theoretical and cultural perspectives on the visual content and design of genres and media in professional communication. Instruction and practice in creating print and digital workplace documents.

 

English 605 Introduction to Graduate Studies in Rhetoric

Rhetoric and its primary subfields. Develops student’s professional identities in terms of specific reading, writing, and analytical abilities necessary for success in rhetoric. 

 

English 631 History of Rhetorical Theory

The development of rhetoric from its classical origins through the present. Focus on theories and how they affect our understanding of literacy and writing in contemporary applications.

 

English 653 Supervised Tutoring

Ongoing training in tutoring in a writing center. Limited to writing center graduate assistants and required every semester they tutor.

 

English 654 Writing Center Theory and Practice

Introduction to primary texts in writing center scholarship; exploration of intersections between composition and writing center theory; writing processes and critical intervention; academic culture and literacies; diversity and the politics of literacy education.

 

English 655 Supervised Teaching

Ongoing training in teaching college writing. Limited to teaching assistants and required every semester they teach.

 

English 656 College Composition Theory and Pedagogies

A survey of significant approaches to the teaching of writing in college; analysis of theoretical perspectives and pedagogical materials and methods in rhetoric and composition.

 

English 691 Portfolio

Independent, guided study for the completion of the portfolio.

 

English 697 Professional Communication Internship

Directed field experience in a professional environment requiring the research, writing, editing, analytical and technology skills of a graduate English student.