Professional Writing Institute:
Writing for the Web and New Media
June 5-7, 2009
One Weekend plus 4 Weeks Online - $599!
Dates: June 5-7 + 4 weeks online
Price: $599, earn 3 Graduate Credits
Course Code: EN472 (OP1) Period: 2009 Summer I
Develop the Writing Skills Needed by Business and Non-Profits
- Take a special weekend course and explore today's industry writing trends.
- Complete additional online sessions to earn graduate credit.
- Work with other business professionals and hone your current writing proficiencies.
- Includes Friday evening orientation dinner, plus Saturday and Sunday breakfast and lunch!
- Only 40 seats
About this Institute/Course
- Delve into interactive media—CD ROMS, Intranet and Internet.
- Understand how visual and written approaches work together in new media.
- Create feature, persuasive and hypertext writing.
In the rapidly changing world of business and industry, writing for new media (Web, Podcasts and CD ROMS) has become a central skill for entering the job market and progressing in writing careers. Writing for The Web and New Media will address the stylistic and formatting concerns of writing for hypertext and visual media, with special attention given to stylistic concerns of audience, interactivity, and document topography. Students will analyze, construct and write multimedia text in various assignments, creating a portfolio of finished work.
This course can count toward the Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing or the Master's of Arts degree in English.
Instructors: Sandra Hordis, Susan Magee
Course Information
- 3-day Institute plus additional 4 weeks of online projects: $599 (3 graduate credits)
- Deadline for registration is Friday, May 29, 2009.
- Tuition for the Professional Writing Institute includes a dinner Friday evening, a continental breakfast and lunch on Satuday and Sunday.
- If participants are coming from a distance and overnight, accommodations off-campus are available.
For more information about Arcadia’s new online certificate in Professional Writing, contact the Office of Enrollment Management at 1-877-ARCADIA (1-877-272-2342 ) or admiss@arcadia.edu.
