UCSB WRITING PROGRAM,
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| Application
Due Date: Friday, October 13 at 4:00 pm in South Hall 1520 |
| cotich@writing.ucsb.edu | sorapure@writing.ucsb.edu | kryder@writing.ucsb.edu |
Anticipated Date of Graduation:
Work Experience:
List jobs you have held with job description, dates, and location. Include
unpaid, volunteer, and internship experience as well as paid experience.
Writing History:
Briefly describe your history as a writer, including writing you have
done in academic courses, on your own, and at work assignments.
Statement of Your Goals for Pursuing the Minor in Professional
Writing:
(300 word limit)
Application Portfolio:
Present up to 25 pages of your written work, selected from at
least five different projects, with a Preface
that explains the context and purpose for each document you have selected.
Portions of larger projects and electronic documents such as Web sites
or PowerPoint slides are acceptable. (All material will be returned.)
Business Communication
Track Only: No essays will be considered. Instead, please submit
an example of a business letter; example of a business e-mail; your section
of the collaborative report/business plan written for 109EC, 109AC, 109GS;
status (progress) report; and a printed copy of a PowerPoint presentation
you have created.
Selected Track:
The Writing Program will offer three tracks within the Minor in Professional
Writing in 2006-2007. Each track is described below. Please indicate your
first and second choice and explain the reasons
for your selection. Not all applicants will be accepted.
Professional Editing - Craig Cotich
Conceptual and technical editing of documents with attention to audience,
genre, tone, and style. Students will learn the responsibilities of the
professional editor, including interaction with authors, revision strategies,
and the grammatical and mechanical requirements of The Chicago Manual
of Style and other style guides. The final portfolio will include
resume, analytical essays, reader's report, and edited documents.
Technical/Multimedia Communication - Madeleine Sorapure
Evaluation, design, and production of effective multimedia content for
professional audiences. Advanced computer skills are not required, but
willingness to learn new software is essential. The final portfolio will
include individual and collaborative multimedia projects as
well as traditional documents such as memos, proposals, progress reports,
and a résumé.
Business Communication - LeeAnne Kryder
Development of written, visual, oral, and collaborative skills for the
workplace (business, government, non-profit organizations), with a focus
on design, development, and re-purposing of hardcopy and new media documents.
A final portfolio will include examples of a variety of professional genres
-- such as letters, e-mails, status reports, proposals, press releases,
feasibility reports, policies and procedures, brochures -- presented in
both print and digital form.
Connect to the description of required
and elective courses for the Minor.
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