Summer & Continuing Studies 2013

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AAAS 70a - Introduction to Afro-American History

4 credit hours
Instructor: Chad Williams
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
Online-M, W 07:30 - 09:00 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
A survey of the Afro-American experience from the era of slavery to the present. Topics include the rise of a distinct community and its institutions, reconstruction and segregation, the contributions of blacks to American society, and the struggles for freedom and equality. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2108
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

COMP 1a - Composition

4 credit hours
Instructor: Laura John
Online-M, W 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
Prerequisite: Placement by the director of university writing. 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. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2109
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable, once per summer $50 registration fee.

HIST 147b - Twentieth-Century Russia

4 credit hours
Instructor: Marlyn Miller
Requirements Fulfilled: ss
Online-T, Th 07:30 - 09:00 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This course traces Russian history from the 1905 revolution to the present day, with particular emphasis on the Revolution of 1917, Stalinism, culture, and the decline and fall of the USSR. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2112
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

JOUR 45a - Sports Writing

4 credit hours
Instructor: Peter May
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ss
Online-T, Th 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This course applies skills in research, interviewing, and direct observation to write game stories, features, and opinion pieces about sports. Students learn to also see and write about sports in the broader context of business, political and social issues. You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2113
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

THA 71a - Playwriting

4 credit hours
Instructor: Joseph Coroniti
Requirements Fulfilled: wi, ca
Online T, Th 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
This is an experiential learning course. This course may not be taken for credit by students who took THA 104a in prior years. Please Note: This course does not count toward a Major or Minor in Creative Writing, but does fulfill the Writing Intensive Requirement for Degree Requirements.
In this online playwriting workshop, members will create three-dimensional characters in action; dramatic tension and conflict; and cadenced dialogue that grips the audience. As models for writing, we will consider a small number of plays and film adaptations, drawn from such works as Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet), The Heidi Chronicles (Wendy Wasserstein), Topdog/Underdog (Suzan-Lori Parks), Angels in America (Tony Kushner), Waiting for Godot, and Amadeus. However, the focus of this workshop will be on students' original scripts. Participants will write one ten-minute play and one one-act play.
You can view a syllabus for this class here.
Sage class number: 2114
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee

UWS 6b - University Writing Seminar: Writing Mental Illness

4 credit hours
Instructor: Laura Hill
Online-M, W 06:00 - 07:30 PM

Extended Summer Session: June 3 to August 9, 2013
Mental illness occurs in all groups, yet a very particular type of mental illness narrative became common - we could even say popular - in the twentieth century: stories of mental illness in young women. Almost always dramatic and frequently romanticized, the experience of mental illness as recounted in these books deserves to be examined. In this class, we will explore novels and memoirs that articulate and narrate experiences of mental illness while we interrogate gendered aspects of those experiences and narratives. Texts we may look at include "The Yellow Wallpaper," The Bell Jar, and Prozac Nation. We will use critical theory to discuss the ways that mental illness functions as a metaphor.By the end of the course, students will have written three essays: a close reading essay; a lens essay (one that uses one text to analyze another); and a research essay. As a University Writing Seminar, this class's primary goal is to prepare students for college-level academic writing. Students will develop a critical vocabulary for thinking about the process of composition and revision as well as cultivate crucial research skills that will help them make the most of the information resources available through Brandeis.
Sage class number: 2115
Course Tuition: $2,475 plus a nonrefundable once per summer $50 registration fee