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1 online resource |
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Includes index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / Sandra Jamieson; Introduction / Jim Nugent; Part I: Writing Departments; 1 -- DePaul University's Major in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse / Denise Bowden; 2 -- Reshaping the BA in Professional and Technical Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock / Barbara L'Eplattenier and George H. Jensen; 3 -- The University of Rhode Island's Major in Writing and Rhetoric / Libby Miles, Kim Hensley Owens, and Michael Pennell. |
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4 -- Reforming and Transforming Writing in the Liberal Arts Context: The Writing Department at Loyola University Maryland / Peggy O'Neill and Barbara Mallonee5 -- Fifteen Years Strong: The Department of Writing at the University of Central Arkansas / Carey E. Smitherman, Lisa Mongno, and Scott Payne; 6 -- Oakland University's Major in Writing and Rhetoric / Lori Ostergaard, Greg Giberson, and Jim Nugent; 7 -- Embracing the Humanities: Expanding a Technical Communication Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout / Matthew Livesey and Julie Watts. |
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8 -- Building a Writing Major at Metropolitan State University: Shaping a Program to Meet Students Where They Are / Laura McCartan and Victoria Sadler9 -- Writers among Engineers and Scientists: New Mexico Tech's Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication / Julie Dyke Ford, Julianne Newmark, and Rosário Durão; 10 -- Writing as an Art and Profession at York College / Michael J. Zerbe and Dominic F. DelliCarpini; Part II: Traditional English Departments. |
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11 -- They Could Be Our Students: The Writing Major at Texas Christian University / Carrie Leverenz, Brad Lucas, Ann George, Charlotte Hogg, and Joddy Murray12 -- Two Strikes Against: The Development of a Writing Major at West Virginia State University, an Appalachian, Historically Black College / Jessica Barnes-Pietruszynski and Jeffrey Pietruszynski; 13 -- "What? We're a Writing Major?": The Rhetoric and Writing Emphasis at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse / Marie Moeller, Darci Thoune, and Bryan Kopp. |
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14 -- A Matter of Design: Context and Available Resources in the Development of a New English Major at Florida State University / Matt Davis, Kristie S. Fleckenstein, and Kathleen Blake Yancey15 -- Renegotiating the Tensions between the Theoretical and the Practical: The BA in Professional Writing at Penn State Berks / Laurie Grobman and Christian Weisser; 16 -- From "Emphasis" to Fourth-Largest Major: Learning from the Past, Present, and Future of the Writing Major at St. Edward's University / John Perron, Mary Rist, and Drew M. Loewe. |
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17 -- Columbia College's English Major: Writing for Print and Digital Media / Claudia Smith Brinson and Nancy Lewis Tuten. |
| Summary |
The writing major is among the most exciting scenes in the evolving American university. Writing Majors is a collection of firsthand descriptions of the origins, growth, and transformations of eighteen different programs. The chapters provide useful administrative insight, benchmark information, and even inspiration for new curricular configurations from a range of institutions. A practical sourcebook for those who are building, revising, or administering their own writing majors, this volume also serves as a historical archive of a particular instance of growth and transformation in American. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English philology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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English philology -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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United States. |
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Writing centers -- United States.
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Writing centers. |
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Creative writing (Higher education) -- United States.
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Creative writing (Higher education) |
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Academic writing -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Academic writing -- Study and teaching. |
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Electronic books.
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Ostergaard, Lori, editor.
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Nugent, Jim, editor.
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Giberson, Greg, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Giberson, Gregory A. Writing Majors : Eighteen Program Profiles. Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2015 9780874219715 |
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9780874219722 |
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0874219728 |
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9780874219715 (paperback) |
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087421971X |
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