Academic Program Proposal

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McDaniel College
Proposal
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)Writing and Publishing9/28/2019Recommended10/18/2019
Writing and Publishing Program Description
McDaniel College proposes a major in Writing &amp; Publishing, reflecting core values of offering flexible academic programs that embody the liberal arts. The proposed major supports the development of students’ creative potential and attends to their interests in writing, editing, and publishing as professions without leaving behind the humanistic study of language and literature. As a B.A. degree program rather than a BFA or pre-professional degree program, this course of study links professional, digital, and creative writing to the core of the liberal arts, rhetoric, one of the classical trivium. <br> <br>The major reflects the College’s commitment to collaboration and experiential learning by integrating workshop and internships with reflective practice. Students will have ready opportunities to “develop their unique potentials” by exploring varied forms of writing, developing the imagination, and making reasoned choices when composing and circulating texts. The program’s built-in flexibility not only allows students to pursue interests that emerge as they learn about the creation and circulation of texts but also deconstructs false binaries between personal, professional, civic, and creative concerns. The law and the environmental sciences need storytellers; poets need websites; websites need poetry; and creative writing is hosted, remixed, and remade on the web.

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