Schedule of Classes   Writing II Course Descriptions

Winter 2009
   Available October 27

Spring 2009
   Available February 2

Approved course list

Fall 2008

The Writing II requirement can be satisfied by completing a writing course selected from a list approved by the Faculty Executive Committee. Consult the online Schedule of Classes for the most current list of approved courses.

Consult your College or school adviser for general education information.

Ancient Near East

10W. Jerusalem: The Holy City. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Survey of religious, political, and cultural history of Jerusalem over three millennia as symbolic focus of three faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Transformation of sacred space as reflected by literary and archaeological evidence through examination of testimony of artifacts, architecture, and iconography in relation to written word. Study of creation of mythic Jerusalem through event and experience. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundations -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis; Society and Culture: Historical Analysis)

Anthropology

M148W. Talk and Body. (5) (Formerly numbered M148.) (Same as Applied Linguistics and TESL M161W and Communication Studies M123W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Relationship between language and human body raises host of interesting topics. New approaches to phenomena such as embodiment become possible when body is analyzed, not as isolated entity, but as visible agent whose talk and action are lodged within both processes of human interaction and rich settings where people pursue courses of action that count in their lives. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Second Language

M161W. Talk and Body. (5) (Formerly numbered M161.) (Same as Anthropology M148W and Communication Studies M123W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Relationship between language and human body raises host of interesting topics. New approaches to phenomena such as embodiment become possible when body is analyzed, not as isolated entity, but as visible agent whose talk and action are lodged within both processes of human interaction and rich settings where people pursue courses of action that count in their lives. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Asian American Studies

30W. Asian American Literature and Culture. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 30. Multidisciplinary introduction to Asian American literature and cultural production, with examination of some combination of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, performance, film, visual art, music, and/or new media. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Communication Studies

M123W. Talk and Body. (5) (Formerly numbered M123.) (Same as Anthropology M148W and Applied Linguistics and TESL M161W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Relationship between language and human body raises host of interesting topics. New approaches to phenomena such as embodiment become possible when body is analyzed, not as isolated entity, but as visible agent whose talk and action are lodged within both processes of human interaction and rich settings where people pursue courses of action that count in their lives. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Comparative Literature

2AW. Survey of Literature: Antiquity to Middle Ages. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 4AW. Study of selected texts from antiquity to Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Sappho, Greek tragedies, Aeneid, Petronius, Beowulf, Marie de France, Tristan and Iseult, 1001 Nights, Popul Vuh. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

2BW. Survey of Literature: Middle Ages to 17th Century. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1B or 4BW. Study of selected texts from Middle Ages to 17th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Chaucer, Dante, Cervantes, Marguerite de Navarre, Shakespeare, Calderón, Molière, and Racine. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

2CW. Survey of Literature: Age of Enlightenment to the 20th Century. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1C or 4CW. Study of selected texts from the Age of Enlightenment to the 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, M. Shelley, Dostoevsky, Kafka, James Joyce, Garcia Marquez, and Jamaica Kincaid. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

2DW. Survey of Literature: Great Books from the World at Large. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1D or 4DW. Study of major literary texts usually overlooked in courses that focus only on canon of Western literature, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts from at least three of the following areas read in any given term: African, Caribbean, East Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern literature. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4AW. Literature and Writing: Antiquity to Middle Ages. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 2AW. Study and discussion of selected texts from antiquity to the Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as Iliad, Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Sappho, Greek tragedies, Aeneid, Petronius, Beowulf, or Marie de France. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4CW. Literature and Writing: Age of Enlightenment to the 20th Century. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1C or 2CW. Study and discussion of selected texts from the Age of Enlightenment to the 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, M. Shelley, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Kafka, Joyce, Beckett, L. Hughes, and Garcia Marquez. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4DW. Literature and Writing: Great Books from the World at Large. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1D or 2DW. Study and discussion of major literary texts usually overlooked in courses that focus only on the canon of Western literature, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts from at least three of the following areas read in any given term: African, Caribbean, East Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern literature. Texts may include works by authors such as Ngugi, Desai, Kincaid, Emecheta, El Saadawi, Achebe, Pak, Can Xue, Neruda, and Rushdie. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

English

4HW. Critical Reading and Writing (Honors). (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

4W. Critical Reading and Writing. (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

4WS. Critical Reading and Writing (Service Learning). (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of six papers, with minimum of 15 to 20 pages of revised writing. Service learning component includes minimum of 20 hours service with agency involved in issues of public advocacy and social justice. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

English Composition

5W. Literature, Culture, and Critical Inquiry. (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Use of analysis of literary works within cultural context to engage students in critical thinking and writing about issues important to academic inquiry and responsible citizenship. Minimum of 15 to 20 pages of revised text required in addition to regular informal writing exercises. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

6W. Language, Rhetoric, and Cultural Analysis. (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Language and rhetoric of spoken, written, and visual texts, considering how they express cultural values, their role in society, and how audience comes to interpret these forms of communication. Minimum of 15 to 20 pages of revised writing required. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Philosophical and Linguistic Analysis)

100W. Interdisciplinary Academic Writing. (5) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Designed for sophomores/juniors/seniors. Course in academic writing suitable for both lower and upper division students that helps them develop academic papers with a range of complexity and length. Focus on conventions of academic prose and genres across the disciplines. Written assignments include common forms of academic writing such as argument, research paper, and/or critical essay. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Honors Collegium

21W. Rise and Fall of Modernism. (6) Seminar, three hours; writing laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Study of early and middle 20th-century’s attempt to construct significance in a general climate of disillusionment by way of literature, literary criticism, and other intellectual movements. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

50W. Writing Science. (6) Seminar, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Study and practice of science writing in popular domain in way that integrates sophisticated understanding of science with humane tradition of writing arts; study includes writings by journalists and scientists on variety of topics. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Philosophical and Linguistic Analysis)

Russian

25W. Russian Novel in Translation. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 25. Designed for nonmajors. Study of major works by the great 19th-century Russian novelists. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Scandinavian

50W. Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Designed for students in general and for those wishing to prepare for more advanced and specialized studies in Scandinavian literature and culture. Selected works from literatures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, ranging from myth, national epic, saga, and folktale through modern novel, poem, play, short story, and film, read in English and critically discussed. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation -- Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)