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Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing Program News Spring 2003

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General Information	Academic Advising
Enrollment Procedure	Course Requirements/Curriculum
Spring Courses	Technical and Professional Writing Faculty

General Information This program was launched in the Fall of 1999 to meet the needs of a growing population of central Florida professionals who want to improve their writing and document design skills. The program attracts students from fields such as technical writing, business, public policy, education, medicine, and law. The program is designed to accommodate the needs of working professionals. As of the summer of 2001, it is possible to complete the program entirely online in as few as three consecutive semesters. Academic Advising All students should contact Dr. Melody Bowdon, Program Coordinator, for academic advising. Dr. Bowdon will make suggestions, provide information about acceptable electives, and sign necessary paperwork. Email: mbowdon@mail.ucf.edu Office Phone: 407-823-6234 Office: Colbourn Hall, 306A Enrollment Procedure ALERT: Don't be alarmed if the course you want to enroll in appears to be closed. Enrollment for all graduate courses in the Department of English is handled through the Graduate Program Assistant, Ginny Herrington. To enroll in a course, contact Ms. Herrington at 407-823-5254 or vherring@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu. Contact Dr. Bowdon for advising before requesting courses from Ms. Herrington. Course Requirements/Curriculum Required Courses - 9 Semester Hours (anticipated date of next offering) ENC 5337 Modern Rhetorical Theory (Spring '03, web-based) ENC 5237 Writing for the Business Professional (Spring '03, web-based) ENC 5XXX Editing Professional Writing (Spring '03, web-based) Electives - 6 Semester Hours The courses below represent only a portion of the possible courses that students can use as electives. We try to tailor the program to meet the needs of individual students. Please contact Dr. Bowdon or Dr. Campbell to get written advance approval for substitutions before enrolling. ENC 5306 Persuasive Writing (3 hours) ENC 5344 Proposal Writing (3 hours) ENC 5XXX Current Topics in Professional Writing (3 hours) ENC 5XXX Developing Professional Writing Projects (3 hours) ENC 5XXX The Writer’s Marketplace (3 hours) ENC 5XXX Teaching Professional Writing (3 hours) ENC 5XXX Writing/Consulting: Theory and Practice (3 hours) ENG 5009 Methods of Bibliography and Research (3 hours) LIN 5XXX English Grammar and Usage (3 hours) Spring Courses Editing Professional Writing (program requirement) ENC 5216 Web-based Taught by Dr. Lori Brodkin Your participation in ENC 5216 will help teach you how to edit a variety of technical documents--correspondence, reports, instructions, proposals, online help, Web sites--to make them more usable to their intended audience. We will explore both copyediting and comprehensive editing and learn how to apply these to technical documents. In addition to learning how to edit the content, organization, style, and mechanics of technical documents, you will also learn how to edit their design and illustrations. We will study the production process and the editor's roles in production. Finally, as part of this course we will also explore various ethical, legal, and management issues concerning editing. Writing for Business Professionals (program requirement) ENC 5237 Web-based Taught by Dr. Dorinda Fox This course is an exploration of rhetoric and professional writing. It will give students an opportunity to develop a theoretical and practical framework for producing and assessing a wide range of texts for professional communities. Students will work with guest lecturers who are expert in the field, as well as with the course instructor. Working with the five canons of classical rhetoric, students will identify strengths and weaknesses of texts and crucial features of major professional writing genres. Modern Rhetorical Theory (program requirement) ENC 5337 Web-based Taught by Dr. David Wallace This course provides an overview of rhetoric from the Enlightenment to the present. Chief among the issues we'll investigate are the relationships among language, culture, and knowledge as well as feminist and other challenges to traditional rhetoric. Among the course objectives are: to introduce major figures traditionally included in the canon of rhetoric, to identify important themes in the history of rhetoric, to identify important themes in the history of rhetoric, to give participants opportunities to develop short, focused arguments, and to encourage participants to connect ideas from the history of rhetoric to some practical context of interest to them. Projects will include journal entries, one-page papers, discussion facilitation, and a term project related to the participants' interests. Computer Documentation (technical writing elective) ENC 6296 Main Campus, Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30-6:45 Taught by Dr. Dan Jones Requires instructor permission This course is an introduction to writing software documentation for the computer industry. You will learn about careers in the computer industry by listening to some area professionals speak about the challenges of software documentation and by studying computer terminology specific to software development. And you will learn how to design documentation from a task-oriented point of view. You will learn to apply the documentation process from planning to production to software tutorials, procedures, and reference documents. You will be placed in documentation groups and will work collaboratively to plan, research, write, design, illustrate, edit, revise, review, evaluate, and produce a document on a software program. Rhetorics of Digital Literacy (texts and technology/technical writing elective) ENC 6938 Main Campus, Wednesday, 7-9:45 Taught by Dr. J.D. Applen Requires instructor permission In Theory of Digital Rhetoric, we will examine how the digitization of the printed word and graphics will alter our traditional relationship with these media. Each student will produce an annotated bibliography, offer one class presentation, and write a paper on one of the many issues associated with digital rhetoric. These issues might be concerned with how information architectures are altered by electronic texts, why digitization problematizes our understanding of First Amendment rights or copyright law, or any other concern that relates to the application of digital information. After finishing the written project, the student will reformat her ideas in HTML and produce a web site that best represents her research. Linguistics (elective) LIN 5137 Main Campus, Thursday 7-9:45 Taught by Dr. Bettie Sommers Modern linguistic theories and studies focusing on sociolinguistics and contemporary American English. Technical and Professional Writing Faculty J.D. Applen CNH-303D 823-2533 japplen@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Kathleen Bell CNH-417A 823-2286 kbell@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Melody Bowdon CNH-306A 823-6234 mbowdon@mail.ucf.edu Lori Brodkin CNH-304F 823-0349 lbrodkin@mail.ucf.edu Paul Dombrowski CNH-302D 823-2287 pdombrow@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Madelyn Flammia CNH-304G 823-5654 flammia@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Dorinda Fox CNH-305G 823-0380 dorindaucf@aol.com Dan Jones CNH-307G 823-5160 djones@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Karla Kitalong Colbourn Hall 306H 823-6257 kitalong@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Martha Marinara CNH-302E 823-5416 mmarinar@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Blake Scott CNH-306C 823-0268 bscott@mail.ucf.edu David Wallace CNH 301-B 823-6652 dwallace@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Beth RappYoung UWC 407-823-2853 byoung@mail.ucf.edu

Graduate Tuition Fellowships Graduate Tuition Fellowships will be available for the 2002-2003 academic year to Florida resident doctoral, master's, specialist, or graduate certificate students who plan to attend UCF on a part-time basis. This scholarship opportunity is open to students in all disciplines. Students in disciplines considered as high-need employment areas (e.g., nursing, education) are encouraged to apply for this scholarship. The Office of Graduate Studies will provide a $1,200 fellowship ($600 in Spring 2003, $600 in Summer 2003) to assist with tuition expenses for qualifying students who enroll in 6 graduate hours in Spring 2003 and 3 graduate hours in Summer 2003. The fellowship ($600) is also available for Summer 2003 only, if students enroll in 3 graduate hours in Summer 2003. The minimum criteria for the award are as follows: * Must be a U.S. citizen or resident alien * Must be a Florida resident for tuition purposes * Must be admitted to a UCF doctoral, master's, specialist, or graduate certificate program * Must document financial need by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Students wishing to be considered for this award may submit a Request for Graduate Tuition Fellowship form, available at www.graduate.ucf.edu or the Office of Graduate Studies (Millican Hall 230). Requests must be received by the Office of Graduate Studies by November 15, 2002 for Spring 2003/Summer 2003 awards, and by April 1, 2003 for Summer 2003 awards. Awards will be made by committee selection until available funds are fully spent. Students receiving this award must be enrolled in a doctoral, master's, specialist, or graduate certificate program during the tenure of the award for 6 graduate hours of course work during the Spring 2003 semester. Students who wish to receive the award in Summer 2003 semester must enroll in 3 graduate hours of course work in that term. For more information about this award, contact the Graduate Fellowships Counselors at gradfaid@mail.ucf.edu or 407-823-6497 or 407-823-4337.