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  • PRWR 370: Seminar: Selected Topics in Professional Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    A course offering students the opportunity to study in depth a topic in the practice, theory, or history of the print media not covered in the regular curriculum. Students may register for this course more than once - up to a maximum of six semester hours of credit - so long as they do not repeat the same topic. However, they may take no more than three hours of credit under this rubric in any one semester.
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  • PRWR 371: Independent Study in Professional Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    A course offering the individual student an opportunity to study in depth a topic in the practice, theory, or history of written communications not covered in the regular curriculum. A student may register for this course more than once - up to a maximum of six semester hours of credit - so long as he or she does not repeat the same topic. However, a student may take no more than three hours of credit under this rubric in any one semester.
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  • PRWR 380: Professionalization Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course will provide students with the tools they need to make the transition from undergraduate academic study to professional application of skills, apply for and obtain internships, and identify and work towards specific post-graduation goals. Students will learn about internship and professional opportunities for English and Professional Writing majors, create professional resumes and cover letters, complete effective social media profiles, create a professional website, network with professionals, and apply for and obtain internships. Students will be required to update the professional website during the internship to include work done during this experience. This is a required course for all undergraduate English and Professional Writing majors and should be taken prior to the for-credit internship experience.
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  • PRWR 390: Professional Writing/English Internship

    3.00 - 9.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    The Professional Writing/English internship creates the opportunity for supervised, practical work experience in professional contexts wherein the skills attendant to English Studies are valued and can be developed. Internships are to be secured by the student under the advisement and coordination of English Department faculty, following ENGL/PRWR 380 Professionalization Seminar. The internship will extend the student's academic studies into the workplace and may fall into such professional categories as Editing, Journalism, Publishing, Public Relations, Social Media, Research, Campaign Organization, Communications, or Marketing. This internship may be taken for three, six, or nine credits.
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  • PRWR 400: Creative Writing: Theory and Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This graduate-level workshop focuses on the production of original works of fiction, poetry, or drama. Using contemporary writers as models, students will explore various writing styles consistent with the practice of contemporary writing. Students will examine craft and technique used by celebrated authors. As this is a workshop, students are expected to critique the works of their peers and actively participate in classroom discussions. The course is meant to prepare students technically and creatively for further study in creative writing with the goal of producing publishable works. Emphasis is placed on the writing process itself.
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  • PRWR 430: Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Renditions

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course studies the histories of rhetoric as well as contemporary intersections and applications across disciplines. Depending on the particular interests of the professor, one or more specific area(s) such as media, popular culture, sciences, feminisms and gender studies, composition studies, literary theories, literacies, global issues, pedagogy, arts, and political discourse will be chosen for a more detailed study. Critical to the course are the writing assignments that allow students to examine issues in more depth and explore alternative rhetorical stances and situations.
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  • PSYC 105: Contemporary Developments and Careers in Psychological Science

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This seminar-style course serves as an in-depth examination of the current nature of psychology as a discipline, a scholarly pursuit, and as a potential area for the focus of a career. An emphasis will be placed on conveying an understanding of the processes that psychologists have used to expand and develop understanding within the domain of psychology, and how these are changing. This will include an examination of (1) critical thinking, (2) research methodology, and (3) current attempts to strengthen the credibility of psychological science by, for example, requiring research projects to be pre-registered, and requiring date to be made publicly available. Within this context, this course will also equip students with conceptual tools that will help them meaningfully address the personal questions of (1) whether psychology is the right field of concentration (major) for them as an undergraduate and (2) whether a career in the field of psychology could eventually be a fulfilling career choice after graduation. In this connection, the possibilities and practical aspects of launching oneself on a course of graduate training within psychology and/or on career path within psychology will be reviewed. If a student elects to take this course, then it would be best to take it immediately after having had general psychology or upon transferring into the major.
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  • PSYC 11: General Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    An introduction to the psychological bases of behavior in motivation, learning, memory, development, personality, perception, abnormal behavior, psychotherapy, attitude change, and group behavior.
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  • PSYC 110: Child Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course deals with the organization of psychological processes within the individual as he/she develops from conception to adolescence. It will focus on the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional aspects of child development as well as techniques of child study, theories of learning, genetics, and individual differences.
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  • PSYC 115: Self and Social Identities

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Who am I? How does my family and culture influence me? How does my identity change over time? The course seeks to answer these questions by better understanding our personal selves and social identities. Examining the inherently multifaceted nature of selves and identities (e.g., social, cultural, political) allows the student to better understand the emergence of identity, changes in self-concept and identities, and how these identities influence our attitudes and behaviors.
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