Winter Intersession 2023 Course Descriptions
2210.030: Professional & Technical Communication
Online
Rachael Reynolds, reynoldsr@unm.edu
This course focuses on how to write and design the kinds of documents that are typically used in the professional workplace. The assignments for this class require students to create documents that are based on the needs of their readers. To create these documents, students will consider the type of research to conduct as well as the appropriate structure, writing style, and page layout to use. Assignments include creating professional letters, memos, instructions, proposals, and analytical reports. Assignments focus on: composing documents for workplace situations that relate to students’ professional interests, with an emphasis on elements of design; ethical considerations related to communication in the workplace; writing for multi-cultural and international audiences; working with a team of writers; using technology English 2210 focuses on analyzing rhetorical situations and responding with appropriate genres and technologies. You will be writing for workplace situations, using both text and visual design to convey your messages.
This class meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area I: Communications (NMCCN 1113). (EPW).
315.010: The Harlem Renaissance
Online
Finnie Coleman, coleman@unm.edu
This course is an introduction to the art, literature, and music of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most fecund periods in all American literature and a watershed moment in the development of African American cultural history. Before delving into the literature, music, and art of the Harlem Renaissance we will review African American cultural history with an eye toward better understanding Black identity development and what it meant to be a Black American on the eve of the Harlem Renaissance. With the proper context established, we will read the works of the major writers from the period, discuss the visual arts, and familiarize ourselves with the genesis of Jazz and Blues music. We will close the course with a look at how the Harlem Renaissance set the stage for the Black Arts Movement and the rise of Hip Hop Culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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