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Editing the content, organization, format, style, and mechanics of documents; managing the production cycle of documents, and discovering and learning microcomputer and software applications for technical editing tasks.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Creative Writing (MFA) | Technical Communication (GC) | Technical Communication (MS)

Creating both on-line and hard copy documentation for products, with emphasis on computer software and hardware documentation for users. Attention also to policies and procedures as written for a range of uses, e.g. employee handbooks, manufacturing processes, and usability testing.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Technical Communication (GC) | Technical Communication (MS)

The development of English from its origins as a dialect of Proto-Indo-European to its current form, with consideration of its social history as well as its formal development.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Introduction to theory and best practices of teaching second language listening and speaking to a variety of English learners in multiple contexts.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (GC)

This course addresses the skills required for technical communication within the context of health and medicine. Students will discuss typical audiences, purposes, and genres of health and medical communication. Students will adapt complex health and medical information for audiences with varying levels of knowledge, demonstrating awareness of audience analysis, visual design, plain language, and ethics.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Technical Communication (GC) | Technical Communication (MS)

Introduction to theory and best practices of teaching second language grammar and vocabulary to a variety of English learners in multiple contexts - specifically focusing on content based teaching practices.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (GC) | Teaching Writing (GC)

Introduction to theories and classroom practices that have shaped second language teaching and learning. Topics of study focus on prominent second language learning/acquisition theories, individual and sociocultural factors in language learning, technology-based resources that enhance language learning, as well as practical issues and applications of theory in a wide range of instructional contexts.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (GC) | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA)

Introduction to theory and best practices of teaching second language reading and writing to a variety of English learners in multiple contexts.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Literature and Composition (MA) | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (GC) | Teaching Writing (GC)

Exploration of state and federal legislation affecting ESL programs, current models of ESL program delivery, and Minnesota State Standards and standardized testing. Additionally, the course develops the ability to understand related students, families, and programs in context.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (GC)

Topics in learning and teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language. May be repeated for credit.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Topics in literary study. May be repeated with change of topic.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Specialized workshops in topics such as computer-assisted writing, teaching the writing of poetry in the secondary school, or discipline specific writing.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Studies in selected authors in British, American, Multicultural, or World Literature. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Study of works of Shakespeare, including comedies, histories, tragedies, tragic-comedies, and some shorter poetic works, including sonnets.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

The course focuses on the major writers, genres and periods in British literature with an emphasis on historical and critical trends in order to provide an analytical framework that will support subsequent work. Must be taken during the student's first year in the program.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) English Education | English (MA) Literature and English Studies | Literature and Composition (MA)

The course focuses on the major writers, genres and periods in American literature with an emphasis on historical and critical trends in order to provide an analytical framework that will support subsequent work. Must be taken during the student's first year in the program.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) English Education | English (MA) Literature and English Studies | Literature and Composition (MA)

Studies in topics/periods in British Literature to 1800. Emphasizes close readings of primary works, analysis of pertinent secondary works, detailed class discussion, and analytical writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Studies in topics/periods in British Literature after 1800. Emphasizes close readings of primary works, analyzing pertinent secondary works, detailed class discussion, and analytical writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Analysis of topics/periods in American Literature before 1865. Emphasizes close reading of primary works, analysis of pertinent secondary works, detailed class discussion, and analytical writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Analysis of topics/periods in modern and contemporary American Literature, i.e. fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Emphasizes close reading of primary works, analysis of pertinent secondary works, detailed class discussion, and analytical writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Study of selected works about gender and gendered experiences up through the present with attention to gender and sexuality within cultural contexts. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Studies in selected authors, topics, or periods of American multicultural literatures, particularly those of Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino American, and Asian American groups. Emphasizes close readings of primary works, analyzing secondary sources, and analytical writing. May be repeated with different subject matter.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

English Literature (GC) | English (MA) Literature and English Studies

Continued workshop in composition pedagogy for first-year teaching assistants.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Creative Writing (MFA)

Study of current second language writing theories and practices in connection to first-year teaching assistants' teaching of basic writing and composition for multilingual writers.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Study of current theories and practices in TESOL in connection to students' placement in a university-level ESL classroom.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications