{"id":11570,"date":"2022-12-01T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?post_type=program&#038;p=11570"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:35:04","slug":"open-focus","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/academics\/english-ba\/open-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-u-py-80\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"uwm-l-col content-area\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\">\n\t<header class=\"page-header\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">\n\t\t\tOpen Focus\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/header>\n\t\n\t\n\n<p>This track is designed for students seeking a broad education in the various areas of English studies as preparation for diverse professional careers. Select courses in literature, film and media, creative and professional writing, rhetoric, and cultural theory. Many courses are offered both face-to-face and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have structured the requirements so that this track can be completed entirely online. <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/academics\/english-ba-online\/\">Read more about the online program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-track-requirements\">Track Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>\n\t\t\t.sc_courselist tr:nth-child(even) {\n \t\t\t background-color: #f2f2f2\n\t\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t\t.sc_footnotes td, .sc_footnotes th, .sc_footnotes table {  border-left: none;\n  border-right: none; padding: 8px;}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t.sc_courselist {\n\t\t\t\tborder-collapse: collapse;\n\t\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t\t.sc_courselist td, .sc_courselist th {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #ddd;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 8px;\n        min-width: 40px;\n\t\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t\t.hourscol{\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: right;\n\t\t\t}\t\t\t\n\t\t\t.hidden.noscript{\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: none;\n\t\t\t}\t\n\t\n\t.notinpdf{\n\t\tdisplay:none;\n\t}\n\t\t\t.areaheader, .symcol {\n\t\t\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\t\t}\n\t.HU { background-color: #ffce9c; }\n\t\t\t.SS { background-color: #f0e68c; }\n\t\t\t.NS { background-color: #ceefbd; }\n\t\t\t.OWCB { background-color: #ccccff; }\n\t\t\t.QLB { background-color: #ccffff; }\n\t\n\tdl {\n  display: grid;\n  grid-template-columns: max-content auto;\n}\n\ndt {\n  grid-column-start: 1;\n}\n\ndd {\n  grid-column-start: 2;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<h3>Track O: Open Focus<\/h3> <p>At least 3 credits in literature must be in a period before 1900. They can be taken in American Literature, British Literature or any other literature course in the English department. Students can take up to 9 credits in 200-level English courses to satisfy the 36 credits for the major. This includes ENGLISH\u00a0215 which is a requirement and non-substitutable. ENGLISH\u00a0192\u00a0can be substituted for 3 of the 9 credits in 200-level courses.\u00a0<\/p>  <p>Students must also complete a 3 credit capstone seminar at the 600 level (612, 615 - 616, 620 - 633, 685, 690), which may be in any of the areas listed below.<\/p> <table class=\"sc_courselist\"> <caption class=\"hidden noscript\">Course List<\/caption> <colgroup> <col class=\"codecol\"\/> <col class=\"titlecol\"\/> <col align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"hourscol\"\/> <\/colgroup> <thead> <tr class=\"hidden noscript\"> <th scope=\"col\">Code<\/th> <th scope=\"col\">Title<\/th> <th scope=\"col\" class=\"hourscol\">Credits<\/th> <\/tr> <\/thead> <tbody> <tr class=\"even firstrow\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0215<\/td><td>Introduction to English Studies<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\">American Literature <\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\">Select one of the following courses in American Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0269<\/td><td>Literary Forms and Genres:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0274<\/td><td>Literature and the Other Arts:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0276<\/td><td>Introduction to American Indian Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0277<\/td><td>Introduction to Ethnic Minority Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0278<\/td><td>Introduction to World Literatures Written in English:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0279<\/td><td>Introduction to U.S. Latino\/a Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0280<\/td><td>Introduction to Asian-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0281<\/td><td>Introduction to African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0307<\/td><td>Survey of American Literature to 1865<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0308<\/td><td>Survey of American Literature, 1865-1965<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0309<\/td><td>Survey of Contemporary American Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0372<\/td><td>Survey of American Indian Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0373<\/td><td>Survey of Ethnic Minority Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0374<\/td><td>Survey of U.S. Latino\/a Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0375<\/td><td>Survey of Asian American Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0376<\/td><td>Survey of African-American Literature to 1930<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0377<\/td><td>Survey of African-American Literature, 1930 to the Present<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0460<\/td><td>Writers in American Literature, 1500-1900:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0461<\/td><td>Writers in American Literature, 1900 to the Present:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0463<\/td><td>Writers in African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0517<\/td><td>Studies in African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0520<\/td><td>Studies in American Indian Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0523<\/td><td>Studies in U.S. Latino\/a Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0524<\/td><td>Studies in Asian-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0623<\/td><td>Seminar in American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0631<\/td><td>Seminar in African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0632<\/td><td>Seminar in American Indian Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\">British Literature <\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\">Select one of the following courses in British Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0222<\/td><td>English Writers, 1800 to the Present<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0301<\/td><td>Survey of English Literature, Beginnings to 1500<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0302<\/td><td>Survey of English Literature, 1500-1660<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0303<\/td><td>Survey of English Literature, 1660-1798<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0304<\/td><td>Survey of English Literature, 1798-1900<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0305<\/td><td>Survey of English Literature: 1900 to the Present<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0452<\/td><td>Shakespeare<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0633<\/td><td>Seminar in Rhetoric and Professional Writing:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0454<\/td><td>Milton<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0456<\/td><td>Writers in English Literature, 1500-1660:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0457<\/td><td>Writers in English Literature, 1660-1798:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0458<\/td><td>Writers in English Literature, 1798-1900:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0504<\/td><td>Studies in Literature, 1660-1800:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0505<\/td><td>Studies in Literature, 1800-1900:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\">Minority, Women's or World Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\">Select one of the following courses in Minority, Women\u2019s or World Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0243<\/td><td>Introduction to Literature by Women:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0276<\/td><td>Introduction to American Indian Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0277<\/td><td>Introduction to Ethnic Minority Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0278<\/td><td>Introduction to World Literatures Written in English:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0279<\/td><td>Introduction to U.S. Latino\/a Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0280<\/td><td>Introduction to Asian-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0281<\/td><td>Introduction to African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0285<\/td><td>Modern Irish Language and Literature in Translation<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0306<\/td><td>Survey of Irish Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0332<\/td><td>LGBTQ+ Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0372<\/td><td>Survey of American Indian Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0373<\/td><td>Survey of Ethnic Minority Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0374<\/td><td>Survey of U.S. Latino\/a Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0375<\/td><td>Survey of Asian American Literature<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0376<\/td><td>Survey of African-American Literature to 1930<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0377<\/td><td>Survey of African-American Literature, 1930 to the Present<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0381<\/td><td>World Literatures Written in English:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0463<\/td><td>Writers in African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0465<\/td><td>Women Writers:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0517<\/td><td>Studies in African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0518<\/td><td>Studies in Irish Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0520<\/td><td>Studies in American Indian Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0522<\/td><td>Studies in World Literature Written in English:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0523<\/td><td>Studies in U.S. Latino\/a Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0524<\/td><td>Studies in Asian-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0622<\/td><td>Seminar in Irish Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0627<\/td><td>Seminar in Literature and Culture:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0628<\/td><td>Seminar in Literature by Women:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0629<\/td><td>Seminar in Literature and Sexuality:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0631<\/td><td>Seminar in African-American Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0632<\/td><td>Seminar in American Indian Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\">Theory and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">3<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\">Select one of the following courses in Theory and Criticism<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0378<\/td><td>Survey of Current Literary and Cultural Theory<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0390<\/td><td>Classical Film Criticism and Theory<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0391<\/td><td>Television Criticism and Theory<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0393<\/td><td>Entertainment Industries:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0394<\/td><td>Theories of Digital Culture:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0395<\/td><td>Feminist Media Criticism and Theory: <sup>*<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0547<\/td><td>Studies in Theory and Criticism:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0626<\/td><td>Seminar in Critical Theory:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td colspan=\"2\">Rhetoric, Professional, Technical or Creative Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\">6<\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td colspan=\"2\">Select two of the following courses in Rhetoric, Professional, Technical or Creative Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0201<\/td><td>Strategies for Academic Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0205<\/td><td>Business Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0206<\/td><td>Technical Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0207<\/td><td>Health Science Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0210<\/td><td>Global Englishes<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0212<\/td><td>Grammar and Usage<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0214<\/td><td>Writing in the Professions:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0233<\/td><td>Introduction to Creative Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0240<\/td><td>Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0310<\/td><td>Writing, Speaking, and Technoscience in the 21st Century<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0400<\/td><td>Introduction to English Linguistics<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0401<\/td><td>History of the English Language<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0402<\/td><td>Theories of Language and Literature:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0403<\/td><td>Survey of Modern English Grammar<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0404<\/td><td>Language, Power, and Identity<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0414<\/td><td>Special Topics in Creative Writing:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0415<\/td><td>Fiction Workshop<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0416<\/td><td>Poetry Workshop<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0418<\/td><td>Literary Journal Production<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0425<\/td><td>Advanced Business Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0426<\/td><td>Professional and Technical Communications Research<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0427<\/td><td>Writing for Nonprofits<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0428<\/td><td>Strategic Writing for Organizations<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0430<\/td><td>Advanced Writing Workshop<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0431<\/td><td>Topics in Advanced Communications:<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0432<\/td><td>The Rhetoric of Argument<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0433<\/td><td>Creative Nonfiction for Publication<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0434<\/td><td>Editing and Publishing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0435<\/td><td>Rhetoric and Professional Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0436<\/td><td>Technical Documentation<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0437<\/td><td>Project Management for Professional Writers<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0438<\/td><td>Advanced Research Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0439<\/td><td>Information Design<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0442<\/td><td>Writing Center Tutoring Practicum<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0443<\/td><td>Grant Writing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"even\"><td class=\"codecol\">ENGLISH\u00a0444<\/td><td>Technical Editing<\/td><td class=\"hourscol\"><\/td><\/tr> <tr class=\"odd\"><td 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