1997-98 University Bulletin Entry for:

University Writing

There are two components to the writing requirement: the University Writing Seminar and a writing intensive course. All first-year students take a University Writing Seminar, which is offered in conjunction with a University Seminar in Humanistic Inquiries. The purpose of the University Writing Seminar is to introduce students to the conventions of formal writing and rhetoric and to further develop writing skills. Special emphasis is placed on forms of argumentation, analysis, and persuasion. Other areas of attention include critical reading, research skills, proper documentation, and the use of the resources of the University Libraries for research assignments. University Writing Seminars will share some subject matter and written assignments with their linked University seminars.

Writing intensive courses are upper-level courses that are offered in departments throughout the University. Normally taken in a student's second or third year, these courses are based in a specific academic discipline and require frequent or regular attention to writing and instruction in the skills of academic writing. In these courses, writing as a process is respected as an essential component of the academic content.

The list of courses that satisfy the Writing Intensive requirement changes each year. Courses that satisfy the requirement in a particular semester are designated ìwiî in the course schedule. Consult with the director of the Writing Program if in doubt about whether a course satisfies the requirement in a specific semester.

Courses of Instruction

BCOM 1a Composition

Prerequisite: Placement by the director of University Writing. Enrollment limited to 10 per section. Successful completion of this requirement does NOT satisfy the first-year writing requirement.

A course in the fundamentals of writing, required as a prerequisite to the University Writing Seminar for selected students identified by the Director of University Writing. Several sections will be offered in the fall semester.

Staff

FWS 1a Foundational Writing Seminar

Prerequisite: Placement by the director of University Writing. Enrollment limited to 15. Enrollment restricted to students who already have satisfied the USEM requirement.

A full-credit course for students beyond the freshman year who have yet to meet the graduation requirement otherwise met by completing the University Writing Seminar (see below). As in the University Writing Seminar, the stress is on argumentative and stylistic strategies. Usually offered every year.

Staff

WL 1a University Writing Seminar

Enrollment limited to 20. May yield half-course credit toward rate of work and graduation. Two semester hour credits.

A preparatory course in college writing, with stress on writing sound argumentative essays that demonstrate mechanical and stylistic expertise. This course satisfies the first-year writing requirement. University Writing Seminars are offered in conjunction with University Seminars in Humanistic Inquiries and are limited to first-year students. Each student is automatically enrolled in the University Writing Seminar connected to the particular University Seminar in which he or she enrolls. Offered every semester.

Staff

S = Writing Intensive Courses

African and Afro-American Studies

AAAS 134b

Novel and Film of the African Diaspora

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AMERICAN STUDIES

AMST 15a

Writing for the Media

AMST 100a

Classic Texts in the American Experience: Through the Civil War

AMST 138b

Reporting Contemporary America

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ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 158a

Urban Anthropology

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BIOLOGY

BIOL 18b

General Biology Lab

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CLASSICAL STUDIES

CLAS 115b

Topics in Greek and Roman History

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

COML 102a

Love in the Middle Ages

COML 135b

Sexualities and Cinema

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ECONOMICS

ECON 58b

Gender and Economics

ECON 74b

Law and Economics

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EUROPEAN CULTURAL STUDIES

ECS 100a

European Cultural Studies: The Proseminar

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ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

ENG 60b

Writing About the Environment

ENG 144b

The Body as Text: Castiglione to Locke

ENG 197b

The Political Novel in the Twentieth Century

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FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

FREN 104b

Advanced Language Skills Through Culture

FREN 106b

Advanced French Composition

FREN 110a

Introduction to French Literature

FREN 122b

The Renaissance

FREN 145a

Topics in French Fiction

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GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

GECS 182b

Nietzsche

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HELLER SCHOOL

HSSW 540b

Families, Work, and the Changing Economy

HSSW 549a

Family Policy

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HISTORY

HIST 135a

Revolutions in Science

HIST 152b

Salem, 1692

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HUMANITIES INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

HIP 10b

Lyric Poetry and Drawing

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LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

LAS 100a

Seminar: Topics in Latin American Studies

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LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM

LGLS 137a

Libel and Defamation, Privacy and Publicity

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MUSIC

MUS 51b

The Symphony

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NEAR EASTERN AND JUDAIC STUDIES

HBRW 104a

Israeli Films

HBRW 104b

Israeli Theater

HBRW 106b

Advanced Conversation and Writing Skills

HBRW 107a

The Voices of Jerusalem

HBRW 110a

Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature I

HBRW 110b

Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature II

HBRW 111a

Advanced Survey of Hebrew and Israeli Literature I

HBRW 111b

Advanced Survey of Hebrew and Israeli Literature II

NEJS 139b

Yehuda Amichai and Contemporary Hebrew Poetry

NEJS 180b

Hebrew Prose in an Era of Revival

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NEUROSCIENCE

NPSY 154a

Human Memory

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PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 17a

Introduction to Ethics

PHIL 66b

Contemporary Analytic Philosophy

PHIL 136a

Personal Identity

PHIL 168a

Kant

PHIL 172b

Spinoza

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PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 136b

Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology

PSYC 152a

Experimental Psychology

NPSY 154a

Human Memory

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SOCIOLOGY

SOC 107a

Global Apartheid and Global Social Movements

SOC 119a

War and Possibilities of Peace

SOC 171a

Women Leaders and Transformation in Developing Countries

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SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

SPAN 106b

Spanish Composition, Grammar, and Stylistics

SPAN 198a

Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies

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WOMEN'S STUDIES

WMNS 5a

Women in Culture and Society: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

WMNS 180a

Reading and Writing Autobiography