Writing Program

Course Offerings Spring 2013

Course Code	Title/Instructor	Meets
WRPG 200-01	Topics in Engl Lang Writing Instructor: Lisa Wolff Course Description: For non-native English speakers only.	1330:MR BOSLER 321
WRPG 211-02	Writing About Reading Instructor: Claire Bowen Course Description: Cross-listed with ENGL 212-02. In his autobiographical Narrative, Frederick Douglass calls learning to read the pathway from slavery to freedom. Reading is a consequential act. It involves us in social, economic, and cultural power structures. This writing intensive course examines the connections between literacy, liberty, and identity in the United States. The syllabus includes works by Bechdel, Bishop, Douglass, Obama, and X, among other writers and theorists. The course also includes a service-learning unit, in which students will complete a writing project for a local non-profit literacy advocacy organization.	0900:TR EASTC 312
WRPG 211-03	Writing: Creative Non-Fiction Instructor: Sha'an Chilson Course Description: Cross-listed with ENGL 212-03. Ever read a piece in Sports Illustrated about famous ballparks? Or an article in The New Yorker about a family living next to toxic waste? Chances are you were reading a piece of creative non-fiction. Creative non-fiction is the genre between fiction and journalism. It tells stories and creates characters. It uses facts and history to support its statements, all the time looking back at the narrative story it's telling. In this class we will explore different ways of writing creative non-fiction, and you will have the chance to write on a number of diverse topics, including sports, travel, the arts, childhood, and food. This will be a workshop based class, and during the semeter we will talk about student essays in-depth in workshops with an eye toward revision.	1330:MR EASTC 312
WRPG 214-01	Work w/Writers: Theory & Pract Instructor: Noreen Lape Course Description: Cross-listed with ENGL 214-01. Permission of Instructor Required. This course is only for students who have been recommended, interviewed, and chosen to be tutors in the Norman M. Eberly Writing Center.	1330:TF ALTHSE 109