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Students are introduced to the study of writing for creative professionals from a rhetorical perspective, gaining a broad sense of issues, topics, genres, and practices that mark the field of professional and technical writing in creative industries. Students also explore professional writing as socially situated art and practice and gain practical hands-on experience through a variety of professional writing projects.