College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

215 will be better able to recognize, in your own writings and those of others, a piece’s purpose, its organizational structure, level of craft execution, authorial voice, and engagement of the audience. Offered Fall. MACS 5401 – Editing I This course engages students in the principles and practices that create and sustain hard copy and online journals. These may vary from a fully-academic focus to literary materials, but all will create and deliver content that promotes contributions to their fields. Coursework will encompass all the steps that connect a publication with its intended audience. Coursework will vary depending on the current stage of a journal’s development, including duties that enact the realistic responsibilities and opportunities that anyone can expect while serving on, or leading, a journal in a professional position. This course is useful for students who intend to pursue a professional role in journal editing and those who intend to contribute to respected journals or other regular publications with a high quality standard. MACS 5402 – Editing II This course will guide students further through the process of developing a journal that represents an academic program step by step to its delivery. Coursework will vary depending on the current stage of a journal’s development, focusing on duties consistent with the ongoing production of a professional journal. The research, contributor enlistment, practical development, delivery, and distribution of both hard copy and online journals will fall within the expertise cultivated in this course. Students, who wish to pursue editorial positions with journals, or simply improve their understanding of what it takes to successfully publish in journals, will have an insider’s understanding of the realities and opportunities that journals provide their communities. (Prerequisite MACS 5401). MACS 5441 – Current Issues and Trends in Higher Education Staying abreast of current issues and trends in higher education is critical to becoming a competent student affairs educator. This course is designed to expose students to a variety of current issues and trends in higher education that have a dramatic impact on the student affairs profession and on our work as student affairs educators. Strategies to address major issues will be discussed. Offered Winter term. MACS 5442 – Administration in College Student Personnel Work This course will examine attributes, skills and institutional conditions within student personnel work that impact effective administration. Some of the major areas to be explored include personnel practices, supervision, budget, finance, program development, short/long range planning, and internal and external governing bodies. An interactive course design will allow for “hands-on” practical applications and the development of well- grounded practitioners. Offered Fall term. MACS 5500 – Directed Readings in Media and Public Policy This course examines specific aspects of the media and the role it plays in influencing and being influenced by public policy. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. MACS 5501 – Directed Readings in Narrative and Community Development This course examines specific aspects of the use of narrative and the role it plays in community development. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. MACS 5502 – Directed Readings in National Security Affairs This course examines specific aspects of national security affairs. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. MACS 5503 – Directed Readings in African American Studies This course examines specific aspects of the African American experience in the United States. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. MACS 5504 – Directed Readings in Native American Studies This course examines specific aspects of the Native American experience in the United States.. It is designed so it may be taken as an independent study or with a small group of students so topics of individual research interest in this area may be pursued. Under the instructor’s guidance, the directed readings, the final project, and any other assignments will be set forth. The course will provide an opportunity for the enhancement of subject matter knowledge and expertise. MACS 5505 – Directed Readings in Sociology This course examines specific aspects of