ENG 360.01 & GSR 300.06: Writing for Digital Media
English and General Studies
08/29 - 12/12/2022
11:00 - 11:50 AM
3 Credits
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Course Description
ENG 360: The theme this semester is "Telling Our Stories in a 'Post-Truth' World." We'll discuss which narratives we trust, who controls frames and perspectives, and how to form narratives about ourselves and others. ENG 360 - Writing for Digital Media (3): Study and intensive practice of writing in digital environments, with a focus on journalistic contexts.Examine the online environment's technical and rhetorical features, including interactivity, hyperlinking, spatial orientation, and non-linear storytelling.Focuses on the writing conventions and standards of digital media, as well as editing techniques and competencies. Bilingual - How-To video includes captions or transcript. Culturally responsive - Discussed cultural appropriation on TikTok. Wellbeing - Difficult Conversation: Open-ended assignment - light or serious, teaches how to engage who think differently
GSR 300 - General Studies Capstone (4): This course is a culminating experience that ties together all of Undergraduate Learning Outcomes. Community groups, both local and more far-flung, will present us with problems/needs. Students from various majors will sign up for a specific problem, forming project teams, each of which will be facilitated by a faculty member. Each project team will then devise and implement an innovative solution to their problem. Prerequisites: Completion of required GSR 200-level courses