LEADER 05715nam 2200793 450 001 9910808432003321 005 20230120054036.0 010 $a0-87421-972-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000329331 035 $a(EBL)1911723 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001403281 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12520353 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403281 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11365149 035 $a(PQKB)11196011 035 $a(OCoLC)902829084 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42300 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005715 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL688650 035 $a(OCoLC)919009239 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1911723 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1911723 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000329331 100 $a20150201h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWriting majors $eeighteen program profiles /$fedited by Greg A. Giberson, Jim Nugent, Lori Ostergaard 210 1$aBoulder, Colorado :$cUtah State University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-57368-9 311 $a0-87421-971-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a4 - 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 327 $a8 - 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 Rosa?rio Dura?o; 10 - Writing as an Art and Profession at York College / Michael J. Zerbe and Dominic F. DelliCarpini; Part II: Traditional English Departments 327 $a11 - 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 327 $a14 - 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 327 $a17 - Columbia College's English Major: Writing for Print and Digital Media / Claudia Smith Brinson and Nancy Lewis Tuten 330 $aThe 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. 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