Writing and New Media

The Writing and New Media focus area (WRNM) is for students interested in all aspects of writing, whether professional, creative, and/or transformational. Key themes in this focus area include: (i) new forms and genres of writing and communication; (ii) writing for wellbeing, whereby the theory, research and practice of writing as a meaning-making learning process is studied and practiced; and (iii) exploring ways digital technologies are reshaping how we create knowledge and identity. Writing in this focus area includes a variety of genres including (digital) storytelling, creative non-fiction, personal narrative, and poetry. The WRNM focus area emphasizes both course work and student-directed, creative exploration in (writing) project-based courses.

This focus area will interest students wishing to explore the many ways in which writing is a creative, self-generating act that can not only expand self-awareness, but enrich critical self-reflection within the social, economic, and political settings of a complex and increasingly digital world.

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Foundational courses

Grouped study

grouped study foundational courses

MAIS 623 – Introduction to Trends in New Media: Digital Humanities

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Electives

Grouped study

grouped study writing and new media electives

MAIS 606 – Academic Writing for Graduate Students	(3)
MAIS 616 – Writing the Self: The Experience and Potential of Writing for Personal Development	(3)
MAIS 617 – Creative Non-Fiction	(3)
MAIS 620 – Digital Storytelling	(3)

Individualized study

individualized study writing and new media electives

LTST 551 – World Literature	(3)
LTST 637 – Black Atlantic Literature and Culture	(3)
LTST 693 – Creative Writing	(3)
MAIS 621 – Narrative Possibilities: The Transformative Power of Writing, Story, and Poetry in Personal and Professional Development	(3)
MAIS 638 – What I Tell You May Not Be True: Autobiography, Discourse Analysis, and Post-Colonialism	(3)
MAIS 640 – Grounded Theory, Exploration, and Beyond	(3)
WGST 547 – Rethinking Science and Technology: Gender, Theory, and Practice	(3)
WRNM 605 – Creating Life Histories	(3)