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WRITING (L13)  (Dept. Info) Arts & Sciences  (Policies) FL2018 L13 Writing 104 Writing Identity 3.0 Units Lab Required Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Who are you? This simple question becomes ever more complicated the more closely you examine it. How should you define yourself? By ancestry, hometown, gender, cultural allegiance, ethnic background, nationality, sexual preference, social class, personal history, fashion sense, career aspirations, taste in music, or by some other category? This class will examine the complexities of identity as they have been expressed in a wide variety of modern literary (and some philosophical) writings, in order to develop the advanced reading, writing, and research skills that students need in a university setting. In investigating how people have come to narrate who they are, we will learn about the rhetorical strategies through which their stories are advanced, disputed, and, ideally, accepted. In our examination of identity, we will focus on mastering the crucial aspects of academic writing - evidence, analysis, argument, and research - and how these aspects can help you articulate who you are and where you're coming from. THIS COURSE WILL SATISFY THE WRITING 1 REQUIREMENT. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: CompEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L59 104 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 3:00P-4:00P Rebstock / 215 Brown No final 72 63 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed A M---F-- 1:00P-2:00P Simon / 020 Benjamin No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed B M---F-- 3:00P-4:00P Simon / 020 Benjamin No final 12 9 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed C -T-R--- 12:00P-1:00P Eads / 209 Bassett No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed D -T-R--- 1:00P-2:00P Eads / 209 Bassett No final 12 8 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed E -T-R--- 3:00P-4:00P Cupples I / 111 Bassett No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed F M---F-- 2:00P-3:00P Simon / 020 Benjamin No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed L13 Writing 205 Writing the Visual World 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In our modern world, we are bombarded by images on a daily basis-graffiti artists "tag" our brick buildings; billboards line our highways; models stare back at us from the pages of glossy magazines; photos and video of injustice and violence, peaceful protest and civil disobedience, confront us on social media; vapid images flash endlessly on our television and computer screens. But what is our role within this visual culture? Are we passive spectators or active participants? How does our personal, social, or cultural situation shape what and how we see and experience the world? Throughout this course, students will explore these (and other) questions by drawing from a wide range of discourse communities and genres, including (but not limited to) art history, psychology, sociology, cultural studies, memoir, nonfiction, and creative writing. Readings and assignments are designed to enhance students' awareness of the relationship between writing and their observations and experiences of the visual world. Essay assignments will enable students to explore the visual world and their personal interest in related subjects (such as art, film, social media, and advertising). The course includes one personal essay, two expository essays, and one argumentative essay, as well as peer review workshops, oral presentation, and revision. Additionally, students will prepare for essay assignments by generating ideas and experimenting with form and style through a series of in-class writing exercises. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Simon / 021 Daniels No final 15 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 212 Rhetoric and Power 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The study of rhetoric, one of the original seven Liberal Arts, is perhaps more relevant today, in a world where diverse opinions reverberate 24/7 from television and the internet, than in ancient times when rhetors invented arguments to help people choose the best course of action when they disagreed about important political, religious, or social issues. How do we make our voices heard? How can we invent and present compelling written discourse. This course will introduce students to common rhetorical principles and to the disciplinary history of rhetoric and compositional studies. Assignments in this class include rhetorical exercise in invention and craft, imitations, and varied compositions, ranging from the personal to critical, from the biographical to argumentative. We will examine rhetorical principles (audience, context, kairos, exigency, ethos, pathos, logos, and so forth) that are employed, for example, not only in literary analysis but in law, politics, education, and science. We will aim for a mastery of craft and a refinement of thought. Pre-Req: Writing 1. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Busch / 14 E. Finneran No final 15 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 220 Creative Nonfiction Writing 1 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A course designed to introduce students to the fundamental craft elements involved in writing creative nonfiction with attention paid to both literary journalism and personal narrative. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: NF Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Sever / 300 Marr No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Seigle / 210 Niekamp No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Eads / 205 Linares No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 209 Sukop No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 05 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Eads / 209 Paar No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 06 M-W---- 8:30A-10:00A Eads / 209 Montesanti No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 221 Fiction Writing 1 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A course designed to introduce students to the fundamental craft elements involved in writing fiction. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: FIC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Danforth Ctr / 233 Rosen No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Simon / 021 Baird No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 212 McCrory No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 05 M-W---- 2:30P-4:00P Simon / 021 Butler-Henderson No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 06 M-W---- 4:00P-5:30P Sever / 300 Moss No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 07 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Simon / 020 Samaniego No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 222 Poetry Writing 1 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A course designed to introduce students to the fundamental craft elements involved in writing poetry. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: POET Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Danforth Ctr / 233 Hsu No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Danforth Ctr / 233 Wilson No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Simon / 022 Criss No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Sever / 300 Yarberry No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 05 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Sever / 300 Tran No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 298 JOURNALISM: COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: For students undertaking projects in newspaper or magazine journalism, in radio or television, or in business, government, foundations, and the arts. The student must secure permission from the Director of Undergraduate Studies, file a description of his or her project with the Department and, at the end of the semester, submit a significant portfolio of writing together with an evaluation by the internship supervisor. Up to three units acceptable toward the Writing Minor, but cannot be counted toward the English Major or Literature Minor. Prereq: Writing 1 or the equivalent. Must be taken pass/fail. These units do not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Maxwell See department 0 6 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L13 Writing 305 Modern Humor Writing 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will analyze and put into practice what makes good humor writing both good and humorous, from subject matter to the mechanics of setting up a punchline, from crafting an unexpected metaphor to perfecting the reversal. We will write and workshop humorous personal essays, commentary, and satire, using as models examples from humorists and humorous writers from the past decade, including writers like Luvvie Ajayi, Andy Borowitz, Tina Fey, Samantha Irby, Simon Rich, Mindy Kaling, and David Sedaris. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: NF Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Duncker / 109 H. McPherson No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Duncker / 109 H. McPherson No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 306W The Long Essay: Researched Writing 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Personal writing and researched writing necessarily intersect; our unique observations and experiences impact our academic pursuits, even as formal education shapes our perspectives and range of interests. Nonetheless, in our writing practices, we often dichotomize these categories, imagining personal essays as subjective, creative, and idiosyncratic, while research papers are objective, conventional, and academic. This course will attempt to bridge this divide. Our class will begin with short written assignments, including personal and exploratory essays to concretize students' interests, and primary and secondary source analyses, literature reviews, and reports of research findings to broaden these interests' scopes. These shorter pieces will be peer reviewed, used to craft a paper proposal, and ultimately, revised into a long-form (5,000+ word) critical essay. Students need not have a particular project in mind before beginning. We will supplement our writing schedule with discussions of long essays in different genres throughout history, pairings of investigative journalism and scholarly articles in different fields. We will explore the various requirements, challenges, and opportunities long researched essays offer to writers and readers, as well as honing skills students will find useful across disciplines, including: exploring a subject deeply, as well as broadly; performing sustained critical analysis; drafting and repeatedly revising written work; conducting scholarly research in different fields; synthesizing research findings toward logical conclusions; and arguing for the implications and practical significance of observed phenomena. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Duncker / 109 Henderson No final 12 10 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 307 Writing and Medicine 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In the past three decades, medical doctors have been writing about their experiences in the modern American health care system in a remarkably forthright way: admitting their own weaknesses, praising and criticizing patient behaviors, exposing flaws in current systems of medical education and delivery of care. Patients have been writing not only about what it feels like to be ill, but also about the ways doctors have both helped and failed them. We will read a sample of these works by physicians, patients, and journalists, drawing from a list that includes Gawande, Sacks, Ofri, Chen, Selzer, Kalanithi, Groopman, Mukherjee, Sweet, Elliott, Jamison, Ehrenreich, Sontag, Hillenbrand, O'Rourke, Trillin, Mairs, Hemon, Specter, Tisdale, Keefe, and Khatchadourian. In this writing-centered class, we will focus on how, why, and how well physicians and patients make written arguments to the public. Writing assignments will allow students to work on the matter of how best to represent illness, and to improve their skills in analysis and argumentation. Peer review sessions will encourage substantive revision. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMCFH: MHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L85 307 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Eads / 210 Arch No final 15 18 0 Actions: Books 02 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 210 Arch No final 15 19 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 309 Writing the Natural World 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: For students interested in the environment and natural sciences. This course brings together essays from a wide range of communities including biology, physics, medicine, environmental studies, creative writing and more. Readings and assignments are intended to enhance students' understanding of the relationship between writing and their experience/knowledge of the natural world. Major assignments allow students to follow, explore, and write about their own unique interest in a related subject, and include a personal essay, an expository essay, and a researched argumentative essay, as well as peer review workshops, oral presentations, and revision. Students will record and explore their own experiences of nature in short creative assignments that prepare them for the major papers. Prerequisites: Writing 1 and junior standing. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 8:30A-10:00A Cupples II / L011 Pippin No final 15 17 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Cupples II / L011 Pippin No final 15 16 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Cupples II / L011 Pippin No final 15 15 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 310 Guided Research in Composition: Theory and Pedagogy of One-to-One Writing Instruction 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course teaches theoretical and practical approaches to the tutoring of writing, specifically focusing on tutoring writing within the context of undergraduate courses. Students will learn collaborative methods of tutoring writing, explore different approaches to writing comments on student work in various content areas, and examine the connections between writing and thinking. Students in this course will analyze their own writing processes and learn how to help others through the writing and revision process. Readings and discussions will focus on writing theory and pedagogy, and students will practice one-to-one methods in mock conferences and with sample essays. This course is only open to students selected through The Writing Center's peer tutor or Cornerstone's writing mentor processes. For more information, please contact the instructors. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 3:00P-6:00P Eads / 205 Patterson No final 15 12 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 311 EXPOSITION 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This advanced composition course considers style in relationship to audience and purpose, asking the writer to engage more consciously with writing conventions, and to explore strategies appropriate to various writing situations, from the more experimental and performative to the more formal and scholarly. The course will involve frequent practice in analyzing and critiquing, with special attention to techniques of organization, argument, and emphasis. Prerequisites: Writing 1 and junior standing. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Sever / 300 Henderson No final 15 14 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Rudolph / 282 Hamilton No final 15 15 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Rudolph / 282 Hamilton No final 15 13 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Duncker / 109 Henderson No final 15 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 05 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Duncker / 109 Iler No final 15 15 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 06 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Duncker / 109 Daniels No final 15 18 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 07 -T-R--- 4:00P-5:30P Duncker / 109 Daniels No final 15 16 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 312 ARGUMENTATION 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This advanced composition course examines the strategies of argumentation, exploring such elements of argument as the enthymeme, the three appeals, claim types, and fallacies. Students will learn to evaluate a wide range of arguments (including their own), considering the rhetorical strategies that make for effective argumentative performance in a given situation. The course will involve regular practice in both written and oral argument. Prerequisites: Writing 1 and junior standing. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 312 Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 8:30A-10:00A Eads / 210 Thomas No final 15 13 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 210 Thomas No final 15 14 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Rudolph / 282 O'Bryan No final 15 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Rudolph / 282 O'Bryan No final 15 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 05 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Busch / 14 E. Finneran No final 15 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 06 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Busch / 14 Henderson No final 15 14 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 314 Topics in Composition: Writing and the Law 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Most legal practice consists not of fine oratory but rather of great writing. However, it is not only lawyers who need to be able to incorporate the law into their professional practice: in this course, we will look at the many different types of writing in and about the law to see how the principles of rhetoric must be used to persuade in different ways depending on the writer's purpose. We will learn the skills necessary to adapt the framing of our writing to its audience as we think about how we might persuade a judge, a lay client, a community, a committee or other professionals. We will consider the psychological effects of our writing and how we seek to persuade our readers not only with the strength of our reasoning but with the power of our emotional appeal to their particular interests. We will learn how to think and write about the law in a range of circumstances as assignments cover writing for business about implications of laws, reporting about a law for the popular press, investigating a legal issue and explaining a law's ramifications as well as attempting to encourage support for a particular law; this is not, however, a technical legal writing course. Readings will be drawn from statutes and judgments but more commonly from academic, business and popular examples of writing on the interpretation of laws governing topical concerns. Issues to be dealt with may include the extent of police/citizens' rights to protect themselves (so-called Stand Your Ground laws); rights to refuse medical treatment (Cruzan v Director, Missouri Dept of Health); religious groups' rights to discriminate (The Religious Freedom Restoration Act); Open Carry laws (St. Louis Zoo v Smith); immigration proposals such as The Dream Act; reform of mandatory prison sentences. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 314W  L98 3132 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Busch / 14 Thomas No final 15 14 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 320 Creative Nonfiction Writing 2: Literary Journalism 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is aimed at undergraduates who have taken Non-Fiction Writing 1 and wish to pursue both their development as writers and the study of craft in the context of a more rigorous workshop. PREREQ: Non-Fiction Writing 1. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: NF Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 209 E. McPherson No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 321 Fiction Writing 2 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is aimed at undergraduates who have taken Fiction Writing 1 and wish to pursue both their development as writers and the study of craft in the context of a more rigorous workshop. PREREQ: Fiction Writing 1. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: FIC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Eads / 208 Wu No final 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 321W Mellon Undergraduate Fellows Seminar 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 2:30P-5:30P Eads / 205 Zafar Dec 17 2018 3:30PM - 5:30PM 14 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 322 Poetry Writing 2 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is aimed at undergraduates who have taken Poetry Writing 1 and wish to pursue both their development as poets and the study of craft in the context of a more rigorous workshop. PREREQ: Poetry Writing 1. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: POET Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Sever / 300 Youngblood No final 12 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P January Hall / 20 Machado No final 12 5 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 323 Fiction Writing: The Short-Short, Sudden Fiction, and Microfiction 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is aimed at undergraduates who have taken Fiction Writing 1 or Poetry Writing 1 and wish to further explore the craft of fiction through the medium of the short-short stort-story. The course will focus on reading, writing, and thinking critically about short-shorts. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: FIC Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A January Hall / 20 Schuman No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Ridgley / 107 Brown Default - none 12 11 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 327 Creative Nonfiction: Personal Essay and Memoir 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This is an intermediate course in writing creative nonfiction, with a concentration on personal essay and memoir. It wil build on elements of craft that were introduced in Creative Nonfiction Writing 1. Through directed reading and writing, we will examine fundamental questions and challenges of writing personal narrative. PREREQ: Creative Nonfiction Writing 1. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: HWriting: NF Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Cupples II / L007 K. Finneran No final 12 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 351 Introduction to Playwriting 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is for beginning or intermediate writers. The course will focus on how a play works, and the differentiation of playwriting from other forms of writing, i.e. the qualities of behavior driven dialogue vs. prose. Through lecture and several assigned or spontaneous writing exercises, the course will take the student thru the initiation of idea, character, structure, language, image, and the practicalities of script format. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L15 351 Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 2:30P-5:30P Mallinckrodt / 326 Lewis No final 0 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits managed by dept. 02 --W---- 2:30P-5:30P Mallinckrodt / 326 Lewis No final 0 7 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits managed by dept. L13 Writing 352 INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: SPECIAL NOTE: Admission by wait-list only. Preference will be given to declared Film & Media Studies AND English majors and minors. Writers will explore the various elements, structures and styles used in crafting a motion picture screenplay. They will experience this process as they conceive, develop and execute the first act of a feature-length script. Writers will create a screenplay story, present an outline for class discussion and analysis, then craft Act One. Writers will be encouraged to consult with the instructor at various stages: concept, outline, character and scene development and dialogue execution. While the students fashion their screenwriting independently, the class will also explore the general elements of THEME, GENRE, and VOICE. A more specific examination of mechanics, the nuts and bolts of story construction, plotting, pacing, etc. will follow to support the ongoing writing process. In-class exercises will aid the writer in sharpening skills and discovering new approaches to form and content. Writers' work will be shared and discussed regularly in class. Screening of film scenes and sequences will provide students with concrete examples of how dramatic screenwriting evolves once it leaves the writer's hands. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L53 352 Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Seigle / 205 Chapman No final 0 11 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 02 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Seigle / 305 Chapman No final 0 14 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L13 Writing 373 Cultural Journalism 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In the Internet Age, journalism has migrated from traditional, or "legacy" institutions (book publishers, film & television production companies, newspapers) to digital versions of the same thing, however the craft remains tied to its legacy models. The migration online has endangered certain ecologies of journalistic practice - in particular, arts journalism, especially criticism, the long form investigative essay, and foreign reporting. The first two of these three fit under what I describe as cultural journalism, and our purpose in this class is to practice what have been Cultural Journalism's forms, at the same time as we inquire into the modes and genres that are its future. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Simon / 021 Hamilton No final 15 11 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 375 Political Writing 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Defined most simply, politics pertains to the "affairs of the polis," one's community. In its real-life context, writing always interacts with a community, engaging a defined audience to create an intended effect. So writing always pertains to the polis, and thus, writing is inherently political. In this class, we will focus on political writing by writers who are not politicians, that is to say, official experts on the polis. Foregoing public policy memoranda and economic analyses, we will look at how journalists, grassroots organizers, and creative writers have consciously written to intervene in the affairs of their communities despite their outsider status. Using rhetorical insight and logical analysis, we will examine how writers craft works that inspire and move audiences in several genres: essay, polemic, journalism, and satire. Readings will include Marx and Engels's "Communist Manifesto," Audre Lorde's essays on feminism, Hunter Thompson's gonzo journalism, and the satire of Samantha Bee. Student writing will apply our lessons about the interaction of audience and purpose in order to express political opinions as effectively as possible to the appropriate audience. This course does not count toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, SD, WIArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A January Hall / 20 O'Bryan No final 15 16 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 4131 Topics in Composition: The Writer and the World 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This class is about how writers absorb the world around them and transform it into their work. In other words, it is a class about style: what it means, "how" it means, where it comes from, and how different writers arrive at it. We'll read mostly modern and contemporary authors, emphasizing works so stylistically distinctive that they carry the imprint of their authors in every sentence. We'll look at how the same artistic and social questions work their way through different writers to yield different results. We'll think about style as an expression of values, and how a book is like a person, and how a person is like a pattern for a book. The class's emphasis, both in writing and reading, is on fiction. Writing-wise, you'll be asked to try things out that might lead you in interesting directions, and you'll produce and workshop stories within the context of our larger discussion. Prereqs: Fiction 1, Fiction 2. This course counts toward the Creative Writing Concentration. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Seigle / 205 Riker No final 8 5 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 432 The Craft of Poetry: Prose Poets, Poets' Prose 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The purpose of this craft course is to contemplate poetry and prose-as agonists, friends, lovers, perhaps even servants of each other. You won't be restricted to writing prose poetry, though that will account for a portion of your coursework. We'll study the Symbolist origins of the prose poem, hazard alternate theories by reading beyond the anthological, and put conventional notions about the sentence, line, and prosody to the test. Indeed, we'll even question the idea that prose is the "natural" form of language and poetry the "artificial." Readings include work by Etel Adnan, John Ashbery, Aimé Césaire, Don Mee Choi, and Layli Long Soldier, among others. Students shall engage in a range of writing practices, ranging from annotation and meditation to the incantatory and the subversive. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMEN: HWriting: POET Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Cupples II / L011 Machado See instructor 12 13 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 500 INDEPENDENT STUDY Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Independent study in creative or expository writing. PREREQUISITE, JUNIOR STANDING AND PERMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT. Students proposing a project in fiction or poetry must submit writing samples for the approval of the faculty member directing the work. Projects in expository writing must be described in a detailed prospectus and approved by the faculty member directing the work and by the Director of Undergraduate or Graduate Studies. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Bailin See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 02 TBA TBA Arch See department 5 0 0 Actions: Books 03 TBA TBA Bang See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 04 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 05 TBA TBA Batten See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 06 TBA TBA Drury See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 07 TBA TBA Early See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 10 TBA TBA Dutton See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 11 TBA TBA Fields See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 12 TBA TBA Finneran See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 14 TBA TBA Gurnis See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 15 TBA TBA Hamilton See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 16 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 18 TBA TBA Johnston See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 19 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 20 TBA TBA Klimasewiski See department 25 0 0 Actions: Books 21 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 22 TBA TBA Lawton See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 23 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 24 TBA TBA Loewenstein See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 26 TBA TBA Matthews See department 5 0 0 Actions: Books 28 TBA TBA Maxwell See department 50 0 0 Actions: Books 29 TBA TBA McKelvy See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 30 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 31 TBA TBA Meyer See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 32 TBA TBA Micir See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 33 TBA TBA Milder See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 34 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 35 TBA TBA Parvulescu See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 36 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 37 TBA TBA Pawl See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 38 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 39 TBA TBA Phillips See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 40 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 41 TBA TBA Pollak See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 42 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 4 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 43 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 44 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 45 TBA TBA Rosenfeld See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 46 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 47 TBA TBA Ruland See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 48 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 49 TBA TBA Salli See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 50 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 51 TBA TBA Schmidgen See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 52 TBA TBA Schuman See department 5 0 0 Actions: Books 53 TBA TBA Shea See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 54 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 55 TBA TBA Sherry See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 56 TBA TBA Sweetman See department 15 0 0 Actions: Books 57 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 58 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 59 TBA TBA Walker See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 60 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 61 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 62 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 63 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 64 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 65 TBA TBA Zafar See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 66 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books 67 TBA TBA Zwicker See department 999 0 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 503 PUBLISHING INTERNSHIP: DOROTHY, A PUBLISHING PROJECT 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Dorothy, a publishing project-a nationally acclaimed independent press publishing works of innovative fiction-offers a one-year internship for an MFA student in creative writing. Students can apply in the spring of their first year, to begin the internship the following fall. The intern chosen will work directly with Marty Riker, the press's publisher, on mutually agreed upon projects that take into account the intern's interests and strengths. In general, however, the internship is designed to give students a wide range of experience with literary publishing, and so will likely involve a mix of editorial tasks (e.g., reviewing submissions, writing reader's reports, copyediting manuscripts in layout), marketing, design, and book production and distribution. The intern will also have opportunities to represent the press publicly, including at the annual AWP conference (travel and hotel expenses will be covered), and his or her name will appear on the press's masthead. Interested students should submit a letter of application and CV to Professor Dutton (ddutton@wustl.edu) and Program Director David Schuman (dschuman@wustl.edu) no later than March 15 of the spring semester of their first year. Prerequisite: Completion in good standing of the first year of the MFA in Creative Writing and accepted application. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Riker No final 1 1 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 521 FICTION WORKSHOP 6.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open only to students in The Writing Program. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 3:00P-6:00P Duncker / 210 Klimasewiski No final 12 10 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 522 POETRY WORKSHOP 6.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open only to students in The Writing Program. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 2:30P-5:30P Eads / 209 Bang See department 12 10 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 523 Creative Nonfiction Workshop 6.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open only to nonfiction students in the MFA Writing Program. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 3:00P-6:00P Rudolph / 282 E. McPherson Default - none 12 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 541 Craft of Poetry: Prosody 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In addition to covering the usual elements of prosody as handed down from English literary tradition -- meter, sonic patterning, fixed and open forms, and the shifting roles of grammar, syntax, lines, and sentences -- we will focus on Indigenous, queer, Latinx, and other historically marginalized voices, looking at how those voices engage with this tradition and how (and why) they variously reshape and/or refuse the tradition in favor of alternative prosodies and poetics. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 2:30P-5:30P Eads / 209 Phillips Default - none 12 15 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 5621 Craft of Creative Nonfiction: The Art of the Essay 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In this overview of the essay from its classical origins to its contemporary forms, we will start with the letters of Seneca (which Montaigne, seen as the father of the modern essay, credits as the inspiration for his "essais") and move across centuries to a study of the most recent writers of the genre. As we survey the form, students will choose the work of one essayist, or a group of essayists whose works have in common an aspect of substance or style, to study in depth. Writing will include a weekly short essay and a culminating project of longer length based on independent reading. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 2:30P-5:30P Eads / 209 K. Finneran No final 12 5 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L13 Writing 591 Directed Writing: Thesis: Fiction 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open only to students in the Writing Program. A tutorial for students writing a fiction thesis. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Klimasewiski No final 10 3 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 592 Directed Writing: Thesis: Poetry 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open only to students in the Writing Program. A tutorial for students writing a poetry thesis. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Phillips, Bang No final 20 0 0 Actions: Books L13 Writing 593 Directed Writing: Thesis: Creative Nonfiction 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Open only to students in the Writing Program. A tutorial for students writing a creative nonfiction thesis. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA E. McPherson No final 20 4 0 Actions: Books