This course examines the work that writing does in the world by connecting the study of persuasion in specific social movements, campaigns, and genres with opportunities for students to create texts and campaigns. This course may offer a historical or contemporary focus, and may examine local, regional, national, or transnational movements.

Flexible course hours that supplement an existing course or provide advanced training in a particular area of writing, rhetoric, or digital studies. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

In this course students will learn about the rhetorical constraints and affordances of oral history as a mode of historical preservation and cultural production.

Study in advanced topics in professional and technical writing. Special emphasis on theoretical and practical issues in professional and technical writing.

Study of technical editing and methods relevant for professional editing, including drafting, editing, and proofreading.

This eight week course introduces students enrolled in the online Graduate Certificate in Professional and Technical Writing to algorithms, natural language processing models, and large language models that have shaped (and continue to shape) communication with generative artificial intelligence programs (AI). The course draws from theories of rhetoric to explore ways in which AI may be used to complement writing in a variety of genres and in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on the ethical implications of using AI in professional and technical communication.

Study in special topics in agricultural economics. May be repeated under a different subtitle to a maximum of fifteen credits. Lecture, one to three hours; laboratory, zero to six hours per week.

Study in special topics in agricultural economics. May be repeated under a different subtitle to a maximum of fifteen credits. Lecture, one to three hours; laboratory, zero to six hours per week.

Study in special topics in agricultural economics. May be repeated under a different subtitle to a maximum of fifteen credits. Lecture, one to three hours; laboratory, zero to six hours per week.

Designed for students undertaking special studies to be conducted in regular consultation with instructor. May be repeated to a total of 12 credit hours.