Students are starting to contact me asking about books.
I will have the course websites up in a week or two, but for now, here are the textbooks.
LA101 “Seminar in Thinking and Writing”
- From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader, Second Edition (ISBN 978-0-312-60141-6)
- The SF Writer, Fifth Edition (ISBN 978-0-205-75197-6)
EL200 “Media Lab”
Some version of the AP Stylebook. Your choices include
- AP Stylebook 2011 iPhone App (works on iPad, too; recommended for journalism majors and minors), OR
- Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2011 (ISBN Â 0465021875), OR
- Any recent used copy of the AP Stylebook (but keep in mind you’ll be responsible for latest material, even if you buy an older textbook)
EL227 “News Writing”
- Elements of News Writing, Third Edition
- Coursemart eTextbook edition (rental, for iPad; 10Â 0-205-78113-6), OR
- Print (ISBN 10Â 0-205-78112-8)
- Some version of the AP Stylebook
- AP Stylebook 2011 iPhone App (works on iPad, too; recommended for journalism majors and minors), OR
- Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2011 (ISBN Â 0465021875), OR
- Any recent used copy of the AP Stylebook (but keep in mind you’ll be responsible for latest material, even if you buy an older textbook
EL250 “Major Writers and Genres: Drama as Literature”
There will be additional works, made available as handouts. Required purchases are:
- Seagull Reader, Plays, 2nd edition (ISBNÂ 978-0-393-93324-6)
- Wit, Margaret Edson (ISBN 0571198775)
- Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, Jennifer Haley (ISBN 978-0-573-66323-9)
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