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2014-2015 Undergraduate College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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WRT 231 - Technical Writing
This course introduces students to the fundamental elements of technical writing (clear, concise, and targeted)that are common among seven forms of technical communication: email correspondence editing employment communication, proposals, long formal reports oral communication, and inventions. Through peer reviews and writing workshops students develop the ability to write and edit text that precisely targets its audience. This course emphasizes deepening and broadening students’ writing, speaking, and thinking abilities in a non-lecture-based, hands-on discussion-centered classroom.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 or COR-125
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 235 - Writing Children’s Literature
Students read and discuss a large number of children’s picture books and study the history psychology and business of writing for children. They examine such devices as rhythm, repetition theme, character and the relationship between image and word, and write three picture book manuscripts, plus one book review and two essays exploring their own thoughts about picture books and children’s stories.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 OR COR-125 OR PERMISSION OF PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 236 - Writing About Food
Food is central to our economy, our family lives our rituals of love and death, our beliefs about health and the world around us. In addition to helping students learn about food, food history food makers and food processes, this course helps students develop interview skills, description and narrative, analysis, research and sensory self-awareness.
Prerequisites: 60 Completed Credits
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 237 - Intermediate Creative Non-Fiction
A workshop in creative non-fiction for students who have initial exposure to the genre. Students read and discuss various exemplary texts, as well as one another’s work, with emphasis on the articulation and development of imaginative disciplined craft. Coursework will conclude with a final portfolio of revised, polished work and a public presentation.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 280 - Reading & Writing in the Wilderness
Combines the study of nature literature with an intensive, journal-based writing practice. The course includes two Saturday/Sunday excursions into local wilderness areas. We will read writers such as Emerson, Thoreau, Leopold Dillard, Halpern, Lord, Elder, and Carson. A continued emphasis is placed on improving writing skills. Note: students are responsible for providing their own equipment and food for the outings.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 OR COR-125
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 301 - Professional Writing Portfolio II
This one-credit course teaches students to develop their written and electronic portfolios, to expand the reach and interactivity of their online presence, and develop their ideas for the Capstone project they will undertake in their senior year. Students will also reflect on, discuss and write about their continuing development as writers, and their progress toward their chosen writing fields.
Prerequisites: WRT-201
Credits: 1
CCM
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WRT 310 - Grant Writing
This course introduces students to research methods, project management principles, and document production processes needed for effective practice in professional writing contexts. Grant writing, annual reports, strategic plans proposals and e-writing are some of the genres students learn to master.
Prerequisites: Complete WRT-231 or by permission of the Program Director.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 324 - Advanced Poetry Workshop
This upper-level creative writing course allows and requires students to apply critical and creative thinking to the study, practice, and creation of poetry. Working closely within the workshop and with the faculty member, students will vigorously read, discuss, and analyze through writing, poetic craft and criticism from a global perspective. Students will also practice the poet’s regimen of writing, revising, and performing an extended poetry collection, as well as exploring avenues for the publication of single poems and a chapbook.
Prerequisites: WRT-220
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 325 - Advanced Fiction Workshop
This course is an intensive exploration of fiction writing. Presented as a seminar and writing workshop, the class reads and discusses short stories, novels, and essays on the art and craft of fiction writing. Writing three short stories (or the equivalent in chapters of a novel/novella) leads students to integrate theory and practice as they produce work informed by a detailed understanding of such common fictional elements as character, plot, setting, and conflict as well as more advanced concepts that foster finely wrought creative work. Students submit at least one original work for publication.
Prerequisites: WRT-220 or permission of Program Director.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 326 - Reviewing
Students learn the basics of reviewing, applying their skills primarily to film, TV and theater but with the opportunity for a broader final reviewing project in other areas approved by the instructor. Students will keep a Reviewer?s Notebook and make entries in it for every class. Some out-of-class attendance required.
Prerequisites: WRT-120 or WRT-137 or permission of Program Director.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 327 - Seminar in Playwriting
This course explores the fundamentals of playwriting. Students will read and discuss a variety of modem plays and performance texts respond orally and in writing to what they1ve seen and read, and write dramatic pieces: exercises, scenes, short plays. The class will focus on creating believable and natural dialogue, developing characters, and communicating dramatic tension. By the end of the class, students will have a polished, working draft of a one-act play suitable to be submitted for production.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 and a Literature Elective or permission of Program Director
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 328 - Travel Writing
For students wishing to study abroad or write about their regional, national, or overseas travels, the course encourages the development of travel writing skills, translating what students experience into publishable articles. Students, in all majors, learn to take in, digest and make sense of their new experiences, to share them with others in the class and potentially in the campus community, and to learn writing skills in the process. Through online lectures discussions, and writing exercises, students learn how to research ideas, craft compelling pieces and tailor the work for the marketplace.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 and 60 completed credits
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 330 - Independent Writing Project
An individual writing project, supervised by a faculty member with expertise in the chosen area. This course is only offered under exceptional circumstances and by specific permission of the Program Director.
Credits: 1
CCM
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WRT 335 - Writing the City
“Writing the City”, which is offered only on Champlain’s campuses in Montreal and Dublin presents a series of guided explorations, some of them leading to specific writing assignments and others open to a variety of writing responses that take the student out into the city to meet people from a variety of backgrounds and have a diverse range of experiences. The outcome is a weekly seminar-style class at which writing is presented discussed and developed for possible publication.
Prerequisites: 60 completed credits
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 337 - Creative Non-Fiction, Advanced
This course will explore various forms of creative non-fiction, especially the memoir, with the aim of combining personal narrative with elements of reflection, research, exposition and description. Students will work through a variety of creative exercises toward a final extended piece of writing that combines personal investment with the choice of a substantial subject.
Prerequisites: WRT-137 and 57 completed credits or permission of Program Director
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 340 - Advanced Journalism Practicum: Writing
This course builds on journalism skills and approaches learned in WRT 200 Print Journalism to teach the student to write more complex stories that require gathering and assimilating a greater range of information asking more penetrating questions comprehending and explaining more sophisticated and multi-faceted subjects, and/or first-person participation. Skills learned in WRT 205 Writing and Producing Online Journalism may also be used. The course follows the rigorous framework and demands of a regular newspaper publication schedule, and it is expected that stories written in this class will be submitted for publication.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 Must complete 60 credits before taking this course and have permission of Program Director.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 341 - Advanced Journalism Practicum: Editing
This course will use the practical experience of editing articles, essays, reviews and columns for the Champlain Current as a means of learning editing skills that will be useful for anyone wanting to go into journalism, magazine writing or book publishing.
Prerequisites: ENG-112 Must complete 60 credits before taking this course and have permission of Program Director.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 345 - Professional Copy Editing
Introduction to Professional Copy Editing introduces students to the editing of materials from a number of sources, both literary and scientific, in order to strengthen writing skills by sharpening the students eye for detail and thus, the ability to recognize and correct errors and awkward grammatical constructions. Students will learn the specifics of editorial notation the rigors of following the points of specific style manuals, and the requirements for creating a clean and correct final document. In learning these skills, students will be acquiring not only the marketable ability to copy edit manuscripts but also the knowledge and awareness needed to become better writers of their own material.
Prerequisites: ENG-112; Must complete 60 credits before taking this course or have permission of the Program Director.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 346 - Publishing in the 21st Century
This course, which is open to students from all majors, takes advantage of the unique Champlain College Publishing Initiative to give students a hands-on working experience in all aspects of publication: writing, editing, copy-editing research, illustration, layout/design, cover art promotion, publicity, event management, marketing web design and usage, business and legal issues. Contemporary developments in publication are also studied and discussed, and when possible incorporated into publishing strategies.
Prerequisites: 60 completed credits
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 381 - Ind. Study: Intro. to Travel Writing
This course would focus on honing my ability to communicate the sights, sounds, tastes, smells and learning experiences of my trip. I will personally research travel writing techniques and the basic history and culture of each nation on my itinerary prior to embarking on my trip and will build upon this research through my own personal experiences in each country. The research and field work will culminate in a collection of written pieces describing my experiences in each nation. The entire project would be capped off with an overview of my trip and the impact of the experience on who I am as a teacher and furthermore as a human being.
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 400 - Professional Writing Portfolio
This course is intended for students who are about to graduate from the Professional Writing Program. It is designed to help students prepare their portfolios for presentation to the department for final review, and for the job market.
Credits: 1
CCM
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WRT 401 - Professional Writing Portfolio III
This one-credit course teaches students to select from the entire range of their written work polish and develop the best of their output and present it in a professional, interesting interactive and imaginative way, both online and in paper form. These portfolios will be submitted to Champlain faculty, Careers Office personnel and local professional practitioners who will offer their comments and advice for development.
Prerequisites: WRT-301
Credits: 1
CCM
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WRT 405 - Practical Freelancing
Practical Freelancing involves the culmination of,the student’s growth from writing student to,practicing writer. The course introduces students,to a range of skills they will need to be,successful entrepreneurs, teaches students how to,apply those skills to their particular needs as,freelance writers, and then shows them how to,create a written action plan that combines the,strategies and resources they will need to begin,their career on graduation.,,
Prerequisites: PWRT.BS seniors only
Credits: 3
CCM
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WRT 470 - Senior Seminar: Writing
The Senior Seminar gives the most committed students an opportunity to explore their particular writing specialization to the highest undergraduate levels. (See description of individual seminar for course details.) Students read, discuss, and write about the most ambitious published writing in the genre, will prepare and lead seminars, take part in a public reading and create a portfolio of work that meets the standards for professional publication and/or admission to graduate school.
Prerequisites: Permission of Dean
Credits: 3
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WRT 490 - Professional Writing Internship
This course is a supervised professional writing,placement that entails approximately 140 hours,working in a responsible position related to the,student’s career interests. This experience,provides the student with the opportunity to,explore and to grow in knowledge and experience in,a manner that will give focus to his or her,intended career interests as well as enable him or,her to gain valuable practical experience. The,student will be supervised overall by an assigned,faculty member and onsite by a qualified,professional who has agreed to serve as mentor and,supervisor.
Prerequisites: Complete 30 credits of WRT courses
Credits: 3
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Information Technology and Sciences |
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ITS 380 - Science, Technology & Fiction
Students will conceptualize, discuss, debate examine, reverse engineer and revel in the technology and innovations depicted in fiction and popular culture media such as TV shows movies, games and comic books, past and present. This is an avenue for exploring technical devices and scientific concepts while considering the creative, mechanical, logical, historical ethical and social aspects of technology. Students will actively research technological possibilities and analyze innovative devices.
Prerequisites: 60 COMPLETED CREDITS.
Credits: 3
ITS
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ITS 420 - IT Management
This course provides a comprehensive study of the common issues, processes, methods, and challenges oflnformation Technology Management. The content will cover management from a number of perspectives: staff, middle management executive. The capabilities, implementation issues, and management of enterprise information systems and IT resources will be integrated into the course content.
Prerequisites: ITS Major with 90 or more credits.
Credits: 3
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Multimedia & Graphic Design |
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MMG 490 - MMG Field Experience
An individually supervised experience in a selected profit or not-for-profit organization. Provides opportunity for career exploration and to observe and develop technical, interpersonal, and conceptual skills. Specific experiences are developed for each workplace.
Prerequisites: Multimedia & Graphic Design Program students only. Must complete 100 credits before taking this course.
Credits: 4
CCM
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