05715nam 2200793 450 991080843200332120230120054036.00-87421-972-8(CKB)3710000000329331(EBL)1911723(SSID)ssj0001403281(PQKBManifestationID)12520353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403281(PQKBWorkID)11365149(PQKB)11196011(OCoLC)902829084(MdBmJHUP)muse42300(Au-PeEL)EBL3442938(CaPaEBR)ebr11005715(CaONFJC)MIL688650(OCoLC)919009239(Au-PeEL)EBL1911723(MiAaPQ)EBC3442938(MiAaPQ)EBC1911723(EXLCZ)99371000000032933120150201h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting majors eighteen program profiles /edited by Greg A. Giberson, Jim Nugent, Lori OstergaardBoulder, Colorado :Utah State University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (277 p.)Includes index.1-322-57368-9 0-87421-971-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 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 Pennell4 - 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 Watts8 - 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 Departments11 - 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 Kopp14 - 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. Loewe17 - Columbia College's English Major: Writing for Print and Digital Media / Claudia Smith Brinson and Nancy Lewis TutenThe 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 AmericanEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesReport writingStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesAcademic writingStudy and teachingUnited StatesCreative writing (Higher education)United StatesWriting centersUnited StatesEnglish philologyStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teaching (Higher)Report writingStudy and teaching (Higher)Academic writingStudy and teachingCreative writing (Higher education)Writing centersEnglish philologyStudy and teaching (Higher)808/.042071173Giberson GregNugent JimOstergaard LoriMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808432003321Writing majors4103371UNINA