Academic Catalog

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall, Odd Years;

SPAN 303 Latin American Culture and Civilization 3.00

Study in the cultural production of Latin American literature, music, art, and film in the context of Latin American history.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Select Semesters;

SPAN 307 An Exploration of Spanish Speaking Cultures 0.00

In this study abroad course the history, culture and folklore of the Spanish Speaking World will be explored through a myriad of Spanish and Latin American literary tests, music, and film. Students will also have the opportunity to interact directly in Spanish with native speakers through a variety of activities woven into the course. During this course the students will have the opportunity to visit historic sites and museums to allow them to experience the culture firsthand. Reading, writing, and oral work will be done in Spanish. Course may be repeated for credit with different study abroad experience.

Prerequisites:

SPAN 201

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Select Semesters;

SPAN 315 Voices of Hispanic Women 3.00

Course taught in Spanish focusing on the lives and experiences of Hispanic women writers, artists, and filmmakers from Latin America, the United States, and Spain. Examines the present status of women as they leave the traditional setting of home and emerge into the public sphere of influence and power. Studies the effects of poverty, war, and revolution on women and their families as well as the impact of immigration on identity and self.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Select Semesters;

SPAN 350 Latino Culture in the U.S. 3.00

This course, taught in Spanish, introduces the art, literature, and history of Mexican-Americans, the Puerto-Rican diaspora, Cuban-Americans, and Central Americans living in the Unites States.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Select Semesters;

SPAN 360 Special Topics in Literature and Culture 3.00

Studies in Hispanic literature and/or culture. Taught in Spanish. May be repeated for up to nine credits with different content.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Select Semesters;

SPAN 389 Spanish Elective 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

SPAN 399 Study Abroad 1.00

Formal study of the Spanish language, culture, and literature usually at UW-Superior's cooperating institution in Valladolid, Spain. Students attend lectures on Spanish-speaking countries, culture and history, the environment, women's issues, literature and the arts. Includes home stays with families and opportunities for travel within the country. Information is available in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Program must be approved by the department before departure and consent of instructor is required.

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring;

SPAN 489 Spanish Elective 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

SPAN 489DV Spanish Elective Diversity 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

SPAN 489GA Spanish Elective Global Awareness 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

SPAN 489HH Spanish Elective Humanities History 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

SPAN 489HL Spanish Elective Humanities Literature 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

SPAN 491 Spanish Senior Capstone Experience 0.00

Required culminating senior-year project. Students work closely with the Spanish faculty to further develop a research project initiated in a 300- or 400- level Spanish course or during a study abroad course. See UW-Superior catalog for Spanish course descriptions. The project will be presented at a specified time in a public forum and will have both a written and an oral component. Pass-Fail. Arranged. Advisor permission and instructor consent required.

Prerequisites:

Completion of 3 credits of a 300- or 400- level Spanish course

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring;

SPAN 498 Independent Study 1.00

For advanced students who have successfully completed upper-division-level courses in Spanish and are capable of independent work. Studies carried on under direction of instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring;

World Languages, Literatures, and Culture

WLLC 101 Beginning American Sign Language & Culture I 3.00

The first semester sequence of beginning American Sign Language (ASL) study; students learn vocabulary, basic sentence structures and patterns, and develop basic sign communication. Focus is on receptive and expressive skills.

Core General Education Requirements:

HA - Humanities & Arts
HA-H - Humanities & Arts - Humanities

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring;

WLLC 102 Beginning American Sign Language & Culture II 3.00

The second semester is the second sequence of beginning American Sign Language (ASL) study. Students continue to learn vocabulary, basic sentence structures and patterns, and develop basic sign communication. Focus is on receptive and expressive skills.

Prerequisites:

WLLC 101

Core General Education Requirements:

HA - Humanities & Arts
HA-H - Humanities & Arts - Humanities

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Spring;

WLLC 207 An Exploration of the World of Spanish Speaking Cultures 0.00

In this study abroad course the history, culture and folklore of the Spanish speaking world will be explored through a myriad of literary texts, music, and film (either in Spanish or translation). Students will also have the opportunity to interact directly in Spanish with other native speakers through a variety of activities woven into the course. During this course the students will have the opportunity to visit historic sites and museums to allow them to experience the culture firsthand. Reading, writing and oral work will be done in English and/or Spanish. Course may be repeated for credit with different study abroad experience. Prerequisite: pre-session meetings.

Core General Education Requirements:

HA - Humanities & Arts
HA-H - Humanities & Arts - Humanities

WLLC 289WC World Language Literature & Culture Elective World Culture 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WLLC 489WC World Language Literature & Culture Elective World Culture 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WLLC 491 Global Studies Capstone Experience 0.00

Required culminating senior year project that is paired with another concern in the minor. The UWS Global Studies instructor for the course oversees the capstone. The project will be presented in a public forum, organized by the Global Studies Coordinator. The student will also complete a short paper and exit interview, assessing their experience with the Global Studies minor. Pass-Fail. Arranged. Offered online and on campus.

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring
Online: Fall & Spring

World Languages, Literatures and Culture Education

WLLED 339 Methods of Teaching World Languages 3.00

Examination of the world language teaching-learning situation in the K-12 classroom. Lecture, discussion, written reports, and simulated teaching (i.e. micro-teaching). Required course for prospective teachers of world languages. Includes Pre-Student Teaching Experiences in K-2 and 9-12 classroom settings.

Prerequisites:

Admission to Teacher Education Program or consent of instructor, completion of 12 credits of Spanish courses, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, Teacher Education Non-Academic Test (Criminal Background Check)

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Select Semesters
Online: Select Semesters

Writing

WRIT 102 Introduction to Academic Writing 3.00

Critical reading, research, and writing academic arguments. Emphasis on information literacy, elements of persuasion, documentation and citation. Students must pass with a C- or better.

Prerequisites:

ESL 132

Core General Education Requirements:

CL - Communication & Literacy
CL-L - Communication & Literacy - Literacy

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring
Online: Fall & Spring

WRIT 189 Writing Elective 0.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-Superior course.

WRIT 189W1 Writing Elective W1 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

Core General Education Requirements:

CL - Communication & Literacy
CL-L - Communication & Literacy - Literacy

WRIT 207 Writing for the Workplace 2.00

Students will develop the practical writing skills needed for professional and organizational settings, writing in a range of workplace genres. Students must pass with a C- or better to complete the core writing sequence.

Prerequisites:

Core General Education Requirements:

CL - Communication & Literacy
CL-L - Communication & Literacy - Literacy

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring
Online: Fall, Spring, & Summer

WRIT 209 Introduction to Professional Writing 3.00

Writing in a range of genres related to the rhetorical situations, audiences, technologies, and multicultural environments of the 21st century workplace. Emphasis on liberal arts career skills.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring
Online: Fall, Spring, & Summer

WRIT 250 Introduction to Creative Writing 3.00

Introductory creative writing course in which students develop their ability to write in a variety of genres. Study of contemporary works in genres that may include literary prose, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction; composition in genres that may include literary prose, poetry, drama and creative nonfiction; development of a writing process and writerly identity; workshop critiques of student writing. Course includes Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) high-impact practice.

Core General Education Requirements:

HA - Humanities & Arts
HA-A - Humanities & Arts - Arts

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall & Spring
Online: Fall, Spring, & Summer

WRIT 270 Contemporary Topics in Writing 3.00

Studies in writing. Can be repeated for credit with different topics.

WRIT 289 Writing Elective 0.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-Superior course.

WRIT 289AE Writing Elective Aesthetic Experience 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WRIT 289AH Writing Elective Art History 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WRIT 289DV Writing Elective Diversity 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WRIT 289HL Writing Elective Humanities-Literature 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WRIT 289NW Writing Elective Non-Western 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WRIT 289W1 Writing Elective Writing 1 General Education 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UWS course.

Core General Education Requirements:

CL - Communication & Literacy
CL-L - Communication & Literacy - Literacy

WRIT 289W2 Writing Elective Writing 2 General Education 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

Core General Education Requirements:

CL - Communication & Literacy
CL-L - Communication & Literacy - Literacy

WRIT 298 Prior Learning Portfolio Development 1.00

Facilitation of students' creation of a portfolio that document prior learning. Reflection and analysis of prior learning experiences to articulate knowledge, understanding, and skills that may meet college-level learning outcomes. Designed for students with significant work and life experiences. Course requires instructor permission. Must be taken Pass/Fail.

Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Spring, & Summer

WRIT 301 Advanced Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction 3.00

Advanced creative writing course in which students employ the tools of creative nonfiction (CNF) to create works such as memoirs, travel, essays, personal essays, and historical nonfiction essays. Emphasis on the writing process and writers' workshops. By the end of this course students should have a solid understanding of the specific characteristics of CNF, an awareness of their own creative process, and a completed body of written work that demonstrates the skills acquired in the course. Course includes Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) high impact practice.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Spring

WRIT 303 Introduction to Rhetoric 3.00

Introduction to the field of rhetoric, including discussion of ancient and contemporary theories and practices. Course includes Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) high-impact practice.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Fall & Spring

WRIT 307 English Grammar 3.00

Exploration of English grammar through a variety of perspectives including descriptive linguistics, the history of English grammar, educational topics, sociolinguistics and current applications of grammar in other fields.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Fall

WRIT 308 Nature, Environmental, and Scientific Writing 3.00

Study of exemplary contemporary and/or classic nonfiction essays with an environmental and scientific focus. Writing of non-fiction essays related to nature, science, and/or the environment. Research and writing on research questions, topics, and themes of student interest.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Fall

WRIT 309 Technical Writing 3.00

Study, analysis, and practice of technical writing with an emphasis on processes for writing with technology: writing for the web, writing for social media, fundamentals of Adobe Creative Suite, and digital composition tools.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Spring, Even Years
Online: Spring, Even Years

WRIT 310 Grant Writing 3.00

Grant Writing is designed as a professional communications laboratory which offers students the opportunity to learn how to identify and successfully navigate organizational structures, apply the best methods in prospect research and grant writing, and gain critical skills in developing proposals and other supporting documents for local non-profit organizations.

Prerequisites:

WRIT 209

Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Even Years

WRIT 350 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction 3.00

Advanced creative writing course in which students further develop their ability to write fiction. Study of contemporary works of fiction; examination of and practice in elements of craft; composition of fiction (drafts and revisions); further development of a writing process and writerly identity; workshop critiques of student writing. Course includes Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) high-impact practice.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Fall, Odd Years
Online: Fall, Odd Years

WRIT 352 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry 3.00

Advanced creative writing course in which students further develop their ability to write poetry. Study of contemporary works of poetry; examination of and practice in elements of poetic craft; composition of poetry (drafts and revisions); further development of a writing process and writerly identity; workshop critiques of student writing. Course includes Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) high-impact practice.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Spring, Odd Years
Online: Spring, Odd Years

WRIT 353 Advanced Creative Writing: Cross-genre 3.00

Advanced creative writing course in which students study, practice, and invent techniques that bridge conventional generic boundaries and explore new approaches to literary production. Study of works in hybrid genres including, but not limited to, mashups, multi-media writing, slipstream fiction, prose poetry, and lyrical nonfiction; composition in forms and genres of the students' invention; development of a writing process and writerly identity; workshop critiques of student writing.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Spring, Even Years
Online: Spring, Even Years

WRIT 360 The Literary Magazine 3.00

Study and analysis of contemporary and historical literary magazines; developmental editing and copy-editing practice; and participation in the submissions, editing, design, publication, and promotion process of The Nemadji Review, the UW-Superior college literary journal.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Spring

WRIT 389 Writing Elective 1.00

Transfer credits ONLY from another accredited institution not equivalent to a UW-S course.

WRIT 401 Advanced Rhetoric: Theory and Practice 3.00

Study of persuasive writing. Students learn classical and contemporary approaches to the arts of persuasion and apply them in reading and writing contemporary discourse. Course includes Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) high-impact practice.

Prerequisites:

WRIT 303

Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Odd Years

WRIT 408 Environmental Advocacy in Digital Communities 3.00

This course will focus on generating persuasive environmental narratives on key social media platforms. Special focus will be placed on how to use digital storytelling to read the landscape - developing stories that enhance environmental policy, engagement and appreciation through community development programs, public awareness campaigns, and public humanities projects.

Prerequisites:

WRIT 209

Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Odd Years

WRIT 409 Digital Writing 3.00

Theory and practice of writing for digital media: writing for social media, writing for the web, and writing in emergent technological spaces, informed by digital media theory and the philosophy of technology, and grounded in a rhetorical approach.

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Typically Offered:

On-campus: Spring, Even Years
Online: Spring, Even Years

WRIT 411 Writing and Artificial Intelligence 3.00

Theory and practice of writing with artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Topics will include the ethics of AI language generation tools and using AI tools for creative and professional writing. Lecture and Discussion

Prerequisites:

WRIT 303

Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Even Years

WRIT 420 Language, Narrative and Unconscious Bias 3.00

WRIT 420 introduces students to the metaphoric and narrative foundations of human identities and the prejudices inherited with those identities. The course provides students with an understanding of the complexity of their own personal assemblage of identities as well as those of others. Unconscious bias, its impact on decision-making, and social crises arising from identity conflicts will be studied, as well as techniques for recognizing and mitigating one's own unconscious biases.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Spring, Odd Years

WRIT 450 Special Topics in Rhetoric 1.00

Studies in language, rhetoric, or poetics. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

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WRIT 460 Experiential Learning in Editing and Publishing 1.00

Specialized intensive practice in publishing and editing activities. Experience must be designed in consultation with the course instructor and will provide an on-campus apprenticeship in partnership with the college literary magazine, The Nemadji Review. Minimum 45 hours per credit. Instructor consent required and by arrangement. Repeatable up to 6 credits.

Prerequisites:

WRIT 360

Typically Offered:

On-campus: Spring
Online: Spring

WRIT 465 Writing and Publishing Your Book 3.00

Students engage in a regular writing practice as they draft and structure part of a book-length manuscript in a genre of their choice, as well as develop a manuscript completion, submission and publication plan.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Odd Years

WRIT 470 Special Topics in Writing 1.00

Studies in writing. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

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Typically Offered:

Online: Fall, Even Years

WRIT 480 Writing and Well-being 3.00

Exploration of theoretical and applied aspects of writing and well-being. Forms studied and practiced may include poetry, story-telling, journaling, guided autobiography, and/or creative nonfiction, with focus on restorative benefits of narrative and imagistic writing.

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