2000-01 Bulletin Entry for:


University Writing

The writing requirement is satisfied by completing one of the following options:

Option I: One writing intensive University Seminar in Humanistic Inquiries (USEMwi) taken in the first year, plus two other writing intensive courses. The writing intensive USEMwi focuses on composition that is closely linked, thematically and stylistically, to the academic disciplines that define the context and content of the course.

Option II: One University Writing Seminar (UWS) taken in the first year, plus one writing intensive course, in addition to a University Seminar in Humanistic Inquiries (also taken in the first year). The UWS is a full-credit course specifically dedicated to writing as a subject in its own right; it treats writing as a multifaceted art and gives students an opportunity to study and experiment with a broad palette of writing styles.

All first year students will thus complete either a writing intensive University Seminar (USEMwi) or a University Writing Seminar (UWS). Both courses place special emphasis on forms of argumentation. Other areas of attention include critical reading, essay structure, revising, research skills, and proper documentation.

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.

The list of courses that satisfy the Writing Intensive requirement changes each year. The following list should be considered preliminary, courses that satisfy the requirement in a particular semester are designated "wi" in the course schedule for that semester. When there is a conflict between this Bulletin and the Course Schedule(s) regarding the designation of a course as Writing Intensive, then the information in the Course Schedule takes precedence. Consult with the director of University Writing if in doubt about whether a course satisfies the requirement in a specific semester.


Courses of Instruction


COMP 1a Composition

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

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

Staff

UWS ##a and ##b University Writing Seminar

Enrollment limited to 17. Four semester hour credits.

A course in college writing, with stress on writing sound argumentative essays that demonstrate mechanical and stylistic expertise. This course satisfies Option II of the first-year writing requirement. Offered every semester.

Staff


Writing Intensive Courses


AMERICAN STUDIES

AMST 100a

Classic Texts in the American Experience: Through the Civil War

AMST 138b

Reporting Contemporary America


ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 20b

The Development of Human Food Production

ANTH 55a

Models of Development: Third World

ANTH 83a

Anthropological Inquiry

ANTH 138a

Social Relations in Cyberspace

ANTH 157a

Families and Households

ANTH 163b

Economic Anthropology: Production and Distribution


BIOLOGY

BIOL 18a

General Biology Laboratory


CLASSICAL STUDIES

CLAS 115b

Topics in Greek and Roman History


ECONOMICS

ECON 8b

Analysis of Economic Problems


EUROPEAN CULTURAL STUDIES

ECS 100a

European Cultural Studies: The Proseminar


FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

FREN 150b

Topics in French Poetry


HISTORY

HIST 129b

Science and Religion: The Trial of Galileo

HIST 131b

Science and Technology in the Twentieth Century

HIST 174a

The Legacy of 1898: U.S.-Caribbean Relations since the Spanish-American War


LEGAL STUDIES

LGLS 137a

Libel and Defamation, Privacy and Publicity


MATHEMATICS

MATH 23b

Introduction to Proofs


NEAR EASTERN AND JUDAIC STUDIES

HBRW 104a

Israeli Films

HBRW 104b

Israeli Theater

HBRW 106b

Izrael Today

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


POLITICS

POL 127b

Seminar: Managing Ethnic Conflict

POL 176a

Seminar: International Crisis Management, Intervention, and Peacekeeping


PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 36b

Adolescence and the Transition to Maturity

PSYC 152a

Experimental Psychology

(Fall term--Mr. DiZio only)

(Spring term--Ms. Zebrowitz only)


SOCIOLOGY

SOC 107a

Global Apartheid and Global Social Movements

SOC 188a

The Politics of Reproduction

SOC 189a

Sociology of Body and Health


SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

SPAN 106b

Spanish Composition, Grammar, and Stylistics


WOMEN'S STUDIES

WMNS 5a

Women in Culture and Society: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

WMNS 105a

Feminism for the Year 2000 and Beyond

 

WMNS 180a

Reading and Writing Autobiography

WMNS 185a

Blacks and Jews, Women and Men