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Unless otherwise noted, courses are three credit hours and meet for the entire the semester.

Regular UM-St. Louis students may register online at https://myview.umsl.edu or at the Registrar's Office in 351 Millennium Student Center. New students may register by contacting Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974 or pattersonam@umsl.edu.

 

FALL 2008 • August 18-December 13

Advanced Expository Writing
ENGL 3100 • Class #11592
Thursdays • 6:00-8:45 p.m.
South County Education and University Center
Instructor: Elise Bordes Aasgaard
ENGL 3100 • Class #11621
Online
Instructor: James Duffy
Prerequisites: ENGL 1100 or equivalent (3-6 hours) and junior standing.

This course further develops the experienced writer's style and analytical capabilities to the level of sophistication necessary for upper-division writing assignments and for academic and professional settings. The course includes complex readings, focuses on persuasion and argumentation, expands upon students' research and documentation skills, and requires research in university libraries. This course fulfills the University's requirement for a junior-level course in communicative skills. It may not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Business Writing
ENGL 3120 • Class #11639
Tuesdays • 5:30-8:15 p.m.
Clayton High School, Room 104
Instructor: Bill Klein
Prerequisites: ENGL 1100 or equivalent (3-6 hours) and junior standing.

This course further develops the experienced writer's style and analytical capabilities to the level of sophistication necessary for upper-division writing assignments and for business and professional settings. Writing assignments may include business correspondence, reports, resumes, proposals, analyses, feasibility studies, and articles for in-house publications. The course emphasizes clarity, conciseness, organization, format, style, tone and mechanical correctness; expands upon students' research and documentation skills; and requires research in university libraries. Fulfills the University's requirement for a junior-level course in communicative skills. It may not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

News Writing
ENGL 3140/MEDIA ST 3214
Wednesdays • 4:00-6:30 p.m.
134 Social Sciences & Business Bldg., UM-St. Louis
Instructor: Marilyn Cathcart
Prerequisite: ENGL 1100 or equivalent.

An introduction to news writing and reporting. Course covers basic components of news, reporting principles, and news writing style and structure. Daily writing assignments include coverage of speeches, meetings and interviews, accidents, deaths, courts, sports, consumer affairs and government. Emphasis on clarity, accuracy and speed. The course counts toward the Certificate in Writing offered by the Department of English.

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GATEWAY WRITING PROJECT
For information about the Gateway Writing Project, call (314) 516-5578, e-mail dsgateway@umsl.edu, or visit www.umsl.edu/~gwp. Credit courses offered though GWP are included in the list below.

Adolescent Literature
ENGL 4060 • Class #11675
Tuesdays • 4:30–7:30 p.m.
Lindbergh High School
Instructor: Rose Marie Fleming

The course will expose students to the large variety of quality adolescent literature available for reading and study in middle and high school classes. It will also examine the relevance of a variety of issues to the reading and teaching of adolescent literature, among them: reader response; theory and practice; multi-culturalism; literacy; the relation of adolescent literature to "classic" literature the role of adolescent literature in interdisciplinary studies; adolescent literature as an incentive to extracurricular reading.

Writing for Teachers
ENGL 4880 • Class #11688
(Same as SEC ED 4880)
Wednesdays • 2:00–4:45 p.m.
449 Social Sciences & Business Building, UM–St. Louis
Instructor: Donna Wadsworth-Brown
Prerequisite: ENGL 3100 or a comparable course in advanced composition.

Designed for prospective as well as in-service teachers, this course includes:
(1) writing—short papers to be shared in workshop groups;
(2) reading—current theory and research on writing and the implications for teachers;
(3) teaching—classroom activities that foster growth in writing.

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The UM-St. Louis Outreach program is offering
English courses this semester at:
• Jefferson College
• Mineral Area College
• St. Louis Community College at Wildwood
• South County Education and University Center

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