Please be aware that this schedule is subject to change.
Please refer to About MAPW, Programs of Study and Course Descriptions for concentration/support course listings and descriptions.

Classes are scheduled one night a week for 18 weeks from 6:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. for Fall and Spring semesters. Summer semester classes are scheduled one night a week for an eight week period from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

PRWR 6000: Issues and Research in Professional Writing
(Core class is for new students unless you are enrolled in the Graduate Certificate Program)
Fall 2008
Mon 6000: Issues and Research in Professional Writing (Barrier) )
Spring 2009
Tues 6000 : Issues and Research in Professional Writing (Elledge)
Wed 6000 : Issues and Research in Professional Writing (Richards)
Fall 2009
Tues 6000: Issues and Research in Professional Writing (Elledge)
Wed 6000: Issues and Research in Professional Writing (Daniell)

Creative Writing Courses
Fall 2008
Mon 6100: Readings for Writers, The Best Seller (Robbins)
What makes a book a bestseller? How do bestsellers influence the writing and reading of other books? What kinds of decision-making during the writing process might help make a book a bestseller—or at least position it effectively for a particular “market” (or niche) of readers at a given historical moment? To address these and related questions, students in this course will draw mainly on our reading of bestsellers from a range of genres and sub-genres, but we will also explore a few highly influential (and accessible) texts from critical theory, along with some recent analyses of the American literary marketplace as seen from very pragmatic perspectives (e.g., managing the economics of publishing, applying studies of popular culture to writerly decision-making). Each student’s major course project will be tied to a particular professional goal—whether writing a bestseller someday or learning to read them more critically.
Mon 7500/01: Adv Fiction Writing (Grooms)
Tues 6520: Creative Nonfiction Writing (Staff)
Tues 6470: Poetry Writing (Wilson)
Wed 6460/01: Fiction Writing (G. Johnson)
Wed 6100/03 : Readings for Writers, Religious Rhetoric (Harper)
We will examine early Christian texts to gain an appreciation of 1) the role of rhetoric in the early Christian church and 2) the use of rhetoric to analyze non-literary texts.Some of the items that we will consider:  The gospels and epistles as rhetorical genres; audience, author, and context of early church documents (those within and outside the Bible); the use of particular figures of speech and other stylistic devices for certain contexts (not
surprisingly, for instance, Paul uses athletic metaphors in his letters to the Corinthians, near where many of the Pan-Hellenic games were held); early church liturgy, architecture, and iconography as alternative forms of rhetoric; rhetorical choices made by the early
councils, choices that determined the texts of the Bible; rhetorical and legal training among the early church writers; citation and reinterpretation of Judaic texts in the Gospels and Epistles.
Summer 2009
Please contact Dr. Jim Elledge, MAPW Director regarding summer Puerto Rico Writing Workshops. Email Dr. Elledge jelledg1@kennesaw.edu .
Spring 2009
Tues 6520: Creative Nonfiction Writing (Niemann)
Mon 7500: Adv Fiction Writing,Novel Writing (Grooms)
Thurs 6490: Screen & TV Writing (Stepakoff)
Wed 6460/01: Fiction Writing,Writing for Young Adults (Levy)
Wed 6800: Careers in Literary Arts (Wilson)
Thurs 6460/02: Fiction Writing (Sumner)
Tues 6100/01: Readings for Writers,Writing the Mediterranean (Harper)
Summer 2009
Puerto Rico Writing Workshops ... contact Jim Elledgde jelledg1@kennesaw.edu or by phone 678-797-2039.
Fall 2009
Mon PRWR6460 Fiction Writing (Grooms)
Mon PRWR7900 Evaluating Writing (Robbins)The study of research on and practices for evaluating writing. Students will survey current theories of assessment and evaluation, examine “real-world” contexts where writing is assessed both formally and informally, and explore important issues associated with evaluating writing in sites associated with their own professional goals. Questions to be examined will include: How do literary gatekeepers evaluate submissions for publication? How is writing evaluated in a business/workplace context? How do teachers and other stakeholders and community leaders respond to and assess student writing? How does social context shape evaluation of writing? What are situations where evaluation of writing can be especially challenging (e.g., around cases of possible plagiarism, in writing using particular genres, in high-stakes testing of writing)?
Tues PRWR7500 Advanced Creative Nonfiction (Niemann)
Wed PRWR7500 Advanced Screen & Television Writing (Stepakoff)
Thur PRWR7500 Advanced Poetry Writing (Wilson)
Spring 2010
Mon 6460 Fiction Writing (Grooms)
Mon 6100 Readings for Writers, Writing the Mediterranean (Harper)
Tues 6450 The Genres of Creative Writing (Elledge)
Description (or Proposed Degree Requirements)
The Genres of Creative Writing introduces students to the basic principles and building blocks of creative writing. As such, it is required of all students whose concentration or whose support area is creative writing, making it a prerequisite to all creative writing courses offered in the MAPW Program. This course will be especially valuable to students whose concentration is not creative writing but who have selected it as their support area. Students with appropriate expertise in creative writing may petition the director of the MAPW Program, Dr. Jim Elledge (jelledg1@kennesaw.edu ) for a waiver of this course and enroll in the next one. The course focuses on the theory behind creative writing as well as the practice of it, making it a combination of seminar and workshop. Students must pass it with at least a B in order to enroll in PRWR 6460: Fiction Writing, PRWR 6470: Poetry Writing, PRWR 6480: Play Writing, PRWR 6490: Screen and Television Writing, and PRWR 6520: Creative Nonfiction.
Tues 6520 Creative Nonfiction (Niemann)
Wed 7500 Advanced Fiction Writing (Sumner)
Thurs 6800 Careers in the Literary Arts (Wilson)
Thurs 7500 Advanced Play Writing (Levy)

Applied Writing Courses
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 Fall 2008
Tues 6410: Feature Writing (Richards)
This applied writing course will help you polish the skills you need to work successfully as a freelance or in-house writer in government or nonprofit institutions or in business and industry. In PRWR 6410, you will study the art and practice of writing feature stories for nonprofit and corporate newsletters and for niche magazines and newspapers at the local and regional levels and beyond. You will learn how to do marketing research to arrive at successful themes, how to pitch your work based on your findings, how to research stories, to interview, to refine your style, to edit your work, to write sidebars, and to create visual interest. You will explore examples of stellar feature writing and create a portfolio of work in a range of genres that will help you apply for jobs whose responsibilities or desired qualifications include feature or nonfiction writing. During the semester, you will select two of your projects to submit to publications of your choice.
Wed 6260: Managing Writing in Organizations (Giddens)
Thurs 6550: Document Design & Desktop Publishing (Walters)
Thurs 7900: Public Policy Writing (Giddens)
Course description: Designed for students in both the Master of Arts in Professional Writing and the Master in Public Administration programs, the class is an intensive writing course intended for students pursuing careers in government and other policy research organizations. This course focuses on the contexts, audiences, documents, and writing processes that policymakers, program officers, and professional writers manage in order to establish policy and to communicate it to stakeholders and to the general public. Assignments include individual and team projects on policy handbooks and guides, rule revisions, action memoranda, policy reports, and proposals.
Course objectives:
To introduce students to how government and other policy writers strategize, plan, and perform their work.
To give students practice in planning and writing typical public policy documents.
To develop students’ understanding of the ethical and legal issues relevant to public policy writing.
To provide students with insight into the careers available in public policy writing.
Prerequisite: Admission to either the MAPW or MPA program or permission of either graduate program director.
Spring 2009
Mon 6440: Professional & Academic Editing (Dabundo)
Tues 6240 Technical Writing (Richards)
Mon 7900: Grant & Proposal Writing (Giddens)
Wed 6800: Careers in the Literary Arts (Wilson)
Thurs 6280: Business and Technical Editing(Walters)
Summer 2009 TBA
Fall 2009
Mon PRWR6860 Intercultural Communication in Contexts (Walters)
Tues PRWR7900 Travel Writing (Richards)
Wed PRWR6260 Managing Writing in Organizations (Giddens)
Thurs PRWR6850Web Content Development (McGrath)
Spring 2010
Mon 6440 Professional & Academic Editing (Dabundo)
Thurs 7550: Advanced Applied Writing: Organizational Writing for External Audiences
(Giddens) Repeatable course focusing each semester on a significant topice in applied writing. PRWR 7550 will focus on the writing that organizational communicators do to inform and persuade external audiences. The class provides in-depth study of writing for the mass media, for investors, for donors and volunteers, and for the community. Students will analyze and practice genres such as press releases, pitch letters, features, newsletters, annual reports, speeches, organizational Web sites and blogs.  This course builds on the foundation in organizational writing provided in PRWR 6260: Managing Writing in Organizations. Assignments involve substantial service-learning projects to prepare students for careers as professional writers in corporate and nonprofit organizations. Students will collaborate with clients and classmates as they plan, draft, and finalize short, long, and electronic texts. Note on pre-requisites: Students who have taken PRWR 6260: Managing Writing in Organizations, PRWR 6250: Corporate Communications, OR PRWR 6290: Public Policy Writing are eligible to take PRWR 7550. If you have not taken one of these courses and are interested in the class, please contact the instructor, Dr. Beth Giddens, before enrolling. You can e-mai l Dr. Giddens at egiddens@kennesaw.edu or phone her at 770/423-6766.
Tues 6240 Technical Writing (Richards)
Wed 7900 Social Media (McGrath)
Thurs 6280 Business & Technical Editing (Walters)
Thurs 7550: Advanced Applied Writing: Organizational Writing for External Audiences
(Giddens) Repeatable course focusing each semester on a significant topice in applied writing. PRWR 7550 will focus on the writing that organizational communicators do to inform and persuade external audiences. The class provides in-depth study of writing for the mass media, for investors, for donors and volunteers, and for the community. Students will analyze and practice genres such as press releases, pitch letters, features, newsletters, annual reports, speeches, organizational Web sites and blogs.  This course builds on the foundation in organizational writing provided in PRWR 6260: Managing Writing in Organizations. Assignments involve substantial service-learning projects to prepare students for careers as professional writers in corporate and nonprofit organizations. Students will collaborate with clients and classmates as they plan, draft, and finalize short, long, and electronic texts. Note on pre-requisites: Students who have taken PRWR 6260: Managing Writing in Organizations, PRWR 6250: Corporate Communications, OR PRWR 6290: Public Policy Writing are eligible to take PRWR 7550. If you have not taken one of these courses and are interested in the class, please contact the instructor, Dr. Beth Giddens, before enrolling. You can e-mai l Dr. Giddens at egiddens@kennesaw.edu or phone her at 770/423-6766.

Composition and Rhetoric Courses
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Fall 2008
Mon 6100: Readings for Writers, The Best Seller (Robbins)
What makes a book a bestseller? How do bestsellers influence the writing and reading of other books? What kinds of decision-making during the writing process might help make a book a bestseller—or at least position it effectively for a particular “market” (or niche) of readers at a given historical moment? To address these and related questions, students in this course will draw mainly on our reading of bestsellers from a range of genres and sub-genres, but we will also explore a few highly influential (and accessible) texts from critical theory, along with some recent analyses of the American literary marketplace as seen from very pragmatic perspectives (e.g., managing the economics of publishing, applying studies of popular culture to writerly decision-making). Each student’s major course project will be tied to a particular professional goal—whether writing a bestseller someday or learning to read them more critically.
Mon 6750: Teaching Writing to Speakers of Other Languages (Johnson)
Wed 6100 : Readings for Writers, Religious Rhetoric (Harper)
We will examine early Christian texts to gain an appreciation of 1) the role of rhetoric in the early Christian church and 2) the use of rhetoric to analyze non-literary texts.Some of the items that we will consider:  The gospels and epistles as rhetorical genres; audience, author, and context of early church documents (those within and outside the Bible); the use of particular figures of speech and other stylistic devices for certain contexts (not
surprisingly, for instance, Paul uses athletic metaphors in his letters to the Corinthians, near where many of the Pan-Hellenic games were held); early church liturgy, architecture, and iconography as alternative forms of rhetoric; rhetorical choices made by the early
councils, choices that determined the texts of the Bible; rhetorical and legal training among the early church writers; citation and reinterpretation of Judaic texts in the Gospels and Epistles.
Spring 2009
Mon 6500: Teaching Writing in High Scholls and Colleges (Odom)
Tues 6100: Readings for Writers, Writing the Mediterranean (Harper)
Writing the Mediterranean, which will explore the Mediterranean, especially Egypt,
Greece, Italy, and Turkey, as an important region for the development of language and writing (literary, rhetorical, and technical). 
Summer 2009
TBA 6750: Teaching Writing to Speakers of Other Languages (Johnson)
Please visit http://www.kmwp.org, Core Programs and Summer Institute.
Fall 2009
Mon PRWR7900 Evaluating Writing (Robbins)The study of research on and practices for evaluating writing. Students will survey current theories of assessment and evaluation, examine “real-world” contexts where writing is assessed both formally and informally, and explore important issues associated with evaluating writing in sites associated with their own professional goals. Questions to be examined will include: How do literary gatekeepers evaluate submissions for publication? How is writing evaluated in a business/workplace context? How do teachers and other stakeholders and community leaders respond to and assess student writing? How does social context shape evaluation of writing? What are situations where evaluation of writing can be especially challenging (e.g., around cases of possible plagiarism, in writing using particular genres, in high-stakes testing of writing)?
Wed PRWR6750 Teaching Writing to Speakers of other Languages (Johnson)
Thur PRWR6300 Understanding Writing as Process (Odom)
Spring 2010
Tues 6100 Readings for Writers, Writing the Mediterranean (Harper)
Wed 6550 Introduction to Literacy Studies (Daniell)
Thurs 6500 Teaching Writing in High Schools & Colleges (Odom)

Courses offered every semester:
PRWR 7600 Practical Externship (Walters)
Please refer to Current Students and Practical Externship Application.
PRWR 7950 Directed Study
Please refer to Current Students and Directed Study Guidelines and Forms.
PRWR 7960 Capstone
Please refer to Capstone Project Guidelines and Forms.