98-99 University Bulletin Entry for:


University Writing

(file last updated: [8/10/1998 - 15:29:3])


There are two componentsto the writing requirement: the University Writing Seminar anda Writing Intensive course. All first-year students take a UniversityWriting Seminar, which is offered in conjunction with a UniversitySeminar in Humanistic Inquiries. The purpose of the UniversityWriting Seminar is to introduce students to the conventions ofcollege-level writing and to continue the development of theirwriting skills. Special emphasis is placed on forms of argumentation.Other areas of attention include critical reading, essay structure,revision, research skills, proper documentation, and the resourcesof the University Libraries. University Writing Seminars willshare some subject matter and written assignments with their linkedUniversity Seminars.

Writing Intensive courses areupper-level courses that are offered in departments throughoutthe University. Normally taken in a student's second or thirdyear, these courses are based in a specific academic disciplineand require frequent or regular attention to writing and instructionin the skills of academic writing.

The list of courses that satisfythe Writing Intensive requirement changes each year. The followinglist should be considered preliminary, courses that satisfy therequirement in a particular semester are designated "wi"in the course schedule for that semester. When there is a conflictbetween this Bulletin and the Course Schedule(s) regarding thedesignation of a course as Writing Intensive, then the informationin the Course Schedule takes precedence. Consult with the directorof University Writing if in doubt about whether a course satisfiesthe requirement in a specific semester.


Courses of Instruction

BCOM 1a Composition

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

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

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FWS 1a Foundational WritingSeminar

Prerequisite: Placementby the director of University Writing. Enrollment limited to15. Enrollment restricted to students who already have satisfiedthe USEM requirement.

A full-credit course for studentsbeyond the freshman year who have yet to meet the graduation requirementotherwise met by completing the University Writing Seminar (seebelow). As in the University Writing Seminar, the stress is onargumentative and stylistic strategies. Usually offered everyyear.

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WL 1a University WritingSeminar

Enrollment limited to 17.May yield half-course credit toward rate of work and graduation.Two semester hour credits.

A preparatory course in collegewriting, with stress on writing sound argumentative essays thatdemonstrate mechanical and stylistic expertise. This course satisfiesthe first-year writing requirement. University Writing Seminarsare offered in conjunction with University Seminars in HumanisticInquiries and are limited to first-year students. Each studentis automatically enrolled in the University Writing Seminar connectedto the particular University Seminar in which he or she enrolls.Offered every semester.

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Writing Intensive Courses

AMERICAN STUDIES

AMST 100a

Classic Texts in the AmericanExperience: Through the Civil War

AMST 103a

The American Experience: Approachesto American Studies

AMST 138b

Reporting Contemporary America

AMST 143a

War and the American Imagination


ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 55a

Models of Development: ThirdWorld

ANTH 83a

Anthropological Inquiry

ANTH 163b

Economic Anthropology: Productionand Distribution


BIOLOGY

BIOL 18a

General Biology Laboratory


CLASSICAL STUDIES

CLAS 115b

Topics in Greek and Roman History


COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

COML 144b

The Outsider as Artist andLover


ECONOMICS

ECON 58b

Gender and Economics


EUROPEAN CULTURAL STUDIES

ECS 100a

European Cultural Studies:The Proseminar


ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

ENG 151a

Lesbian and Gay Studies: Desire,Identity, and Representation


FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

FREN 150b

Topics in French Poetry

FREN 165b

Topics in Francophone Literatures


HISTORY

HIST 20b

Images of the Cosmos

HIST 131b

Science and Technology in theTwentieth Century

HIST 152b

Salem, 1692

HIST 169a

Thought and Culture in ModernAmerica

HIST 175a

The Making and Unmaking ofthe Mexican Revolution


HUMANITIES INTERDISCIPLINARYPROGRAM

HIP 10b

Lyric Poetry and Drawing


JOURNALISM

JOUR 112b

Literary Journalism: The Artof Feature Writing


MATHEMATICS

MATH 23b

Introduction to Proofs


NEAR EASTERN AND JUDAICSTUDIES

HBRW 104a

Israeli Films

HBRW 104b

Israeli Theater

HBRW 106b

Advanced Conversation and WritingSkills

HBRW 107a

The Voices of Jerusalem

HBRW 108b

History of the Hebrew Language

HBRW 110a

Introduction to Modern HebrewLiterature I

HBRW 111a

Advanced Survey of Hebrew andIsraeli Literature I

HBRW 111b

Advanced Survey of Hebrew andIsraeli Literature II


PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 19a

Human Rights

PHIL 22b

Philosophy of Law

PHIL 113b

Aesthetics: Painting, Photography,and Film


POLITICS

POL 127b

Seminar: Managing Ethnic Conflict

POL 174b

Seminar: Problems of NationalSecurity


PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 136b

Advanced Topics in DevelopmentalPsychology

PSYC 152a

Experimental Psychology

(Fall term--Mr. DiZio only;Spring term--Ms. Zebrowitz only)


SOCIOLOGY

SOC 119a

War and Possibilities of Peace

SOC 141a

Marx and Freud


SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

SPAN 106b

Spanish Composition, Grammar,and Stylistics

SPAN 110a

Introduction to PeninsularSpanish Literature

SPAN 198a

Seminar in Literary and CulturalStudies


THEATER ARTS

THA 185b

Dramatic Structure: Analysisand Application


WOMEN'S STUDIES

WMNS 5a

Women in Culture and Society:A Multidisciplinary Perspective

WMNS 105a

Feminism for the Year 2000and Beyond

WMNS 180a

Reading and Writing Autobiography