English 394R: Applied English

Translate

Students will complete an internship, project, or other work-based experience that enables them to translate their communication, research, collaborative, and/or analytical skills to a professional (or simulated professional) environment.

Activate

Students will have the chance to learn new skills and applications to make complement the competencies they have gained in their English coursework.

Narrate

Students will engage in reading and writing assignments (including a culminating assignment) that allow them to reflect on and articulate the value of their English-major skills to a non-academic audience (prospective employers, community groups, etc.).

FALL SEMESTER 394 CLASSES

*Classes may vary semester to semester

Inscape Magazine

Faculty: Cheri Earl cheri_earl@byu.edu.
Joining the staff of Inscape Magazine (English 394R Fall) allows students to participate in the process of publishing a literary journal. Staff members choose a genre—short fiction, personal essay, poetry—and work with a genre editor to solicit, evaluate, edit, and layout for publication pieces of writing that have been submitted to the journal. Students will learn editing and evaluation skills and will practice working with others; they will also learn the basics of Word Press, Photoshop, and InDesign. http://inscape.byu.edu/

Provo City Lab

Faculty: Jamin Rowan jamin_rowan@byu.edu
The Provo City Lab (ENGL 394R Fall) helps students in the Liberal Arts learn how to translate their unique competencies to a professional environment and to then narrate the professional value of those competencies for others. The Provo City Lab helps students meet these objectives by inviting them to collaborate with the civic organizations such as Provo City and Utah Transit Authority to improve urban design, public transportation, and community development.

Multicultural Collaboration: Native BYU

Faculty: Michael Taylor mike_taylor@byu.edu
In this course, students will work directly with local Native American organizations to learn how to effectively navigate multicultural professional environments and use humanities-based competencies to serve culturally specific initiatives. Students will have the opportunity to select from a range of collaborative projects including archival and curatorial work, content writing, curriculum design, oral history, transcription, and audiovisual editing with such organizations as BYU’s Native American Alumni Chpater, Utah’s Title VI Indian education Program, NavajoStong, Urban Indian Affairs, and the Native American Curriculum Initiative. Throughout the course, studens will enjoy a range of professional experiences within a multicultural setting while helping to rebuild positive relationships between BYU and our local native American Community.

Visit native.byu.edu to see what past students have done.

WINTER SEMESTER 394 CLASSES

Professional Writing Internships

Faculty: Jon Balzotti balzotti@byu.edu
The Professional Writing Internships course (ENGL 394R Winter) gives students the opportunity to learn specific professional writing skills and techniques (including technical, proposal, and marketing writing), and then apply these skills in a mini-internship for a local company (students need to be able to work at least 5 hours/week on internship. Internship placement depends on provider and student needs). Students complete the course with a personal digital writing portfolio and meaningful work experience to add to a resume. http://professionalwriting.humwp.byu.edu/