Kate Elizabeth Birdsall (Instructor) - Grade Details
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Kate Elizabeth Birdsall - All Courses
Average Grade - 3.574
Median Grade - 4.0
Latest grades from Fall 2023
Kate Elizabeth Birdsall - Overview
| Course Number | Grade Info | Number of Students | Latest Grade Data | Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRA 150 | Average Grade - 3.512 Median Grade - 4.0 |
2091 | Spring 2016 | |||
| RCAH 111 | Average Grade - 3.895 Median Grade - 4.0 |
19 | Fall 2015 | |||
| WRA 140 | Average Grade - 3.623 Median Grade - 4.0 |
393 | Fall 2015 | |||
| AL 110 | Average Grade - 3.586 Median Grade - 4.0 |
29 | Fall 2017 | |||
| WRA 101 | Average Grade - 3.588 Median Grade - 4.0 |
51 | Spring 2017 | |||
| WRA 480 | Average Grade - 3.914 Median Grade - 4.0 |
134 | Spring 2022 | |||
| WRA 455 | Average Grade - 3.812 Median Grade - 4.0 |
32 | Fall 2019 | |||
| ENG 428 | Average Grade - 3.763 Median Grade - 4.0 |
19 | Fall 2019 | |||
| WRA 331 | Average Grade - 3.685 Median Grade - 4.0 |
48 | Fall 2022 | |||
| WRA 202 | Average Grade - 3.590 Median Grade - 4.0 |
61 | Fall 2021 | |||
| XA 466 | Average Grade - 3.450 Median Grade - 4.0 |
30 | Fall 2021 | |||
| ENG 483 | Average Grade - 3.886 Median Grade - 4.0 |
35 | Fall 2023 | |||
| XA 242 | Average Grade - 3.473 Median Grade - 4.0 |
38 | Fall 2023 | |||
| IAH 221C | Average Grade - 3.586 Median Grade - 4.0 |
232 | Summer 2020 | |||
| ENG 226 | Average Grade - 3.771 Median Grade - 4.0 |
35 | Spring 2017 | |||
| WRA 481 | Average Grade - 3.739 Median Grade - 4.0 |
46 | Spring 2019 | |||
| IAH 208 | Average Grade - 3.588 Median Grade - 4.0 |
182 | Summer 2023 | |||
| WRA 333 | Average Grade - 4.000 Median Grade - 4.0 |
12 | Spring 2022 | |||
| WRA 420 | Average Grade - 3.886 Median Grade - 4.0 |
23 | Spring 2023 | |||
| ENG 353 | Average Grade - 3.500 Median Grade - 3.5 |
22 | Summer 2014 | |||
| WRA 355 | Average Grade - 3.605 Median Grade - 4.0 |
38 | Summer 2017 | |||
| WRA 453 | Average Grade - 3.750 Median Grade - 4.0 |
26 | Summer 2019 | |||
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AL 110 - Writing and Civic Life
Study and practice of invention, arrangement, revision, style, and delivery of writing, reading, and researching in higher education. Rhetorical practices useful in democratic deliberation about social, cultural, and political problems.
Average Grade - 3.586
Median Grade - 4.0
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ENG 226 - Introduction to Creative Writing
Introduction to major forms and methods of creative writing: fiction, poetry, drama, narrative essay, and film.
Average Grade - 3.771
Median Grade - 4.0
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ENG 353 - Readings in Women Writers
Extensive reading in texts by women, focused within a particular national tradition or period or within a particular genre. Critical responses to these texts. Feminist approaches to literature.
Average Grade - 3.500
Median Grade - 3.5
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ENG 428 - Advanced Fiction Writing
Advanced workshop in writing short stories and longer forms of fiction. Reading and analysis of published fiction.
Average Grade - 3.763
Median Grade - 4.0
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ENG 483 - Seminar in Literary Editing and Publishing
Overview of the history of literary magazine publication in the United States, as well as a hands-on experience with literary editing. Relationship between editorial practice and creative writing and participate in the production of the Red Cedar Review, the literary magazine published by undergraduates in MSU’s Department of English since 1963.
Average Grade - 3.886
Median Grade - 4.0
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IAH 208 - Music and Culture (I)
Relationships between music and culture. Organized historically, geographically, or thematically, through study of written texts, music, the visual arts, and other forms of expression. Selected topics, variable by term in content and approach.
Average Grade - 3.588
Median Grade - 4.0
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IAH 221C - Great Ages: The Modern World (I)
Arts and humanities of the modern world, examined through the frame of urban and intellectual life. Literature, visual arts, music, religion and philosophy presented in historical context. Selected regions and themes. Variable by term.
Average Grade - 3.586
Median Grade - 4.0
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RCAH 111 - Writing in Transcultural Contexts
Focused instruction in writing. Multiple forms and genres of composition. Other forms of composing such as music, painting, sculpture, and dance. Diverse texts and communities from the local to the global.
Average Grade - 3.895
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 101 - Writing as Inquiry
The study and practice of invention, arrangement, revision, style, and delivery to help students make successful transitions to writing, reading, and researching in higher education.
Average Grade - 3.588
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 140 - Writing: Women in America
The study and practice of varieties of invention, arrangement, revision, style and delivery to help students make successful transitions to writing, reading, and researching in higher education.
Average Grade - 3.623
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 150 - Writing: The Evolution of American Thought
The study and practice of varieties of invention, arrangement, revision, style and delivery to help students make successful transitions to writing, reading, and researching in higher education.
Average Grade - 3.512
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 202 - Introduction to Professional and Public Writing
Principles of rhetoric and writing applied to professional and public writing, with emphasis on writing as social and professional action. Definition and major theories of the field, research tools and practices, genres and conventions, and professional style.
Average Grade - 3.590
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 331 - Writing in the Public Interest (W)
Various forms of public writing and rhetoric and their roles in civic and public culture. Emphasis on nonprofit communication practices, tools, and genres, and orientation toward culture and its influence on public and community writing. Practice in modes of public and civic discourse, including deliberative strategies and a range of public literacies with attention to cultural engagement.
Average Grade - 3.685
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 333 - Writing in Corporate Contexts
Rhetorical and cultural dimensions of corporate writing. Practice in messaging across corporate contexts and composing for professional and consumer audiences.
Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 355 - Writing for Publication Workshop
Workshop for students developing writing for a variety of print and online publications. Discussion of and practice with freelance writing, author guidelines, and editorial processes.
Average Grade - 3.605
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 420 - Content Strategy
Exploration of theory, practice, and ethics of content strategy in professional and public writing settings. Understanding the content management life cycle, aligning content strategy to various goals, assessing communication needs for audiences and participants. Issues in project leadership, management, intellectual property, and organizational communication for creating flexible, dynamic content and content structures.
Average Grade - 3.886
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 453 - Grant and Proposal Writing
Researching and writing grants and proposals for corporations, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government agencies. Rhetorical dimensions of pitching and proposing, with various moves and methods of support such as preparing rationale statements, and creating budgets.
Average Grade - 3.750
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 455 - Portfolio Seminar
Workshop for students preparing professional document portfolios in print and digital formats, including application materials for careers in professional and public writing or for graduate study.
Average Grade - 3.812
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 480 - Publication Management
Experience in publication processes: creating, designing, editing, and managing periodical, book, or online publications. Copyediting, developmental editing, design and layout, distribution and publicity. Rhetorical approaches to editing. Team processes involved in designing and editing publications.
Average Grade - 3.914
Median Grade - 4.0
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WRA 481 - Publication Management II
Experience in publication processes: creating, designing, editing, and managing periodical, book, or online publications. Copyediting, developmental editing, design and layout, distribution and publicity. Rhetorical approaches to editing. Team processes involved in designing and editing publications. History of publishing.
Average Grade - 3.739
Median Grade - 4.0
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XA 242 - Introduction to Experience Architecture
Basic principles of user-centered design as applied to user experience. Usability, information architecture, interaction design, and service design practices, tools, conventions, and professional community.
Average Grade - 3.473
Median Grade - 4.0
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XA 466 - Experience Architecture Capstone
Integrate knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses. Conceptualization, planning, implementation, and assessment of a project, service, system or an idea in a collaborative setting.
Average Grade - 3.450
Median Grade - 4.0
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