WRITING SEMINARS

220.105 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO FICTION AND POETRY WRITING I: TELLING IT STRAIGHT (3) Staff  Limit 17 per sectionThis course is a prerequisite for most upper level courses*Note: Sections 1, 7, 8, and 17 are limited to those intending major/minor in The Writing Seminars and are Permission Required.  Students wishing to register for these sections should email dbasford@jhu.edu

Sec. 20 added 8/31/07

Sec. *01
02
03
04
05
06
*07
*08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
*17
18
19
20

MTW 9
MTW 9
MTW 9
MTW 9
MTW 11
MTW 11
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
MTW 12
ThF 9-10:30
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
MTW 9

220.106 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO FICTION AND POETRY WRITING II: TELLING IT SLANT (3) Staff   Limit 17 per section   Prereq: 220.105This course is a prerequisite for most upper level courses

Sec. 01 canceled 8/29/07

Sec. 01

02

03

04

MTW 9

MTW 12

MTW 12

ThF 10:30-12

220.146 (H) (W)

INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE WRITING (3) Alvania  Limit  15  Science writing is science written in plain English and told as a story.  Students research, write, edit others, rewrite.  They also analyze published stories for structure, substance, accessibility, and clarity.

Sec. 01

M 12-2

220.200 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO FICTION (3) Blake/Davies/Roper   Limit 15   Perm. Req'd.  Study in the reading and writing of short narrative with focus on basic technique: subject, narrative voice, character, sense of an ending, etc.  Students will write weekly sketches, present story analyses in class, and workshop one finished story.  Selected parallel readings from such models of the form as Henry James, Anton Chekov, James Joyce, John Cheever, Alice Munro, and others.  IFP I and II required for admission. 
(Formerly 220.191)

Sec. 01

02

03

M 3-5 

T 3-5

W 3-5

220.201 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO POETRY (3) Basford   Limit 15   Perm. Req'd.
(Formerly 220.141)

Sec. 01

Th 2-4

220.202 (H)
(W)

INTRODUCTION TO NONFICTION: MATTERS OF FACT (3) Biddle    Limit 10 15
(Formerly 220.145)

Sec. 01

W 12-2

220.204 342 341 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC WRITING: FILM (3) Lapadula    Limit 10 15   Perm. Req'd. (Formerly 220.336)
Cross-listed with Film and Media Studies

Sec. 01

F 2:30-4:30

220.205 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC WRITING: PLAYS (3) Lapadula    Limit 15  Perm. Req’d.
(Formerly 220.139)

Sec. 01

F 12:30-2:30

220.316 (H)
(W)

SEMINAR: OPINION WRITING (3) Kane  Limit 15  Perm. Req’d.

Sec. 01

W 7-9pm

220.319 (H)
(W)

INTERMEDIATE: NON-FICTION AND NON-FACT (3) Biddle      Limit 10 

Sec. 01

W 2-4

220.328 (H)

INTERMEDIATE FICTION: NARRATIVE VOICE (3) McGarryLimit 15   Perm. Req’d.

Sec. 01

T 3-5

220.331 (H)

INTERMEDIATE: FORMS OF FICTION (3) DaviesLimit 15   Perm. Req’d.

Sec. 01

Th 3-5

220.338 220 (H)

INTERMEDIATE FICTION: IMAGE AND TEXT(3 ) Davies/Berger Limit 15 A study of book composition and design. Emphasis on combinations of writing and digital photography, with attention to aesthetic principles and production. Requirements include, but are not limited to, creation of a prose-and-image semester project. Darkroom access is limited to students who have completed 371.146, Basic Black and White Photography. Cross-listed with Art Course added 4/06/07

Sec. 01

W 2-5pm

220.339 (H)
(W)

SEMINAR: SCIENCE STORIES (3) Kestenbaum   Limit 12   Perm. Req’d.  Prereq: 220.146

Sec. 01

F 9-12 Th 4-7pm

220.344 (H)

SEMINAR: SCIENCE WRITING WORKSHOP (3) Staff  Limit  15  Replaced with 220.146 on 6/04/07

Sec. 01

M 12-2

220.377 (H)

INTERMEDIATE POETRY: POETIC FORMS (3) Williamson  Limit 15   Perm. Req’d.

Sec. 01

W 2-4

220.397 8 (H)

INTERMEDIATE POETRY: THE LYRIC (3)  Basford   Limit 15   Perm. Req’d

Sec. 01

T 1-3

220.400 (H)

ADVANCED POETRY (3) Williamson   Limit 15   Perm. Req’d (Formerly 220.396)

Sec. 01

Th 12-2

220.401 (H)

ADVANCED FICTION (3) McDermott   Limit 15 Perm. Req’d (Formerly 220.355)

Sec. 01

T 2-4

220.409 (H)

READINGS IN FICTION: FAULKNER, FITZGERALD, AND HEMINGWAY (3) Irwin  Limit 15 Perm. Req’d   (Formerly 220.394)Cross-listed with English

Sec. 01

M 3-6pm

220.410 (H)

READINGS IN POETRY: FOUR WOMEN POETS (3) Salter   Limit 15 Perm. Req’d  A study of four American poets (Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and Amy Clampitt), non of whom saw themselves primarily as women poets. All are known for their originality, and shaped the course of poetry in our time--by both women and men--in significant ways. Student poets will engage in poetic exercises including memorization and imitation, as well as some critical writing.  Questions about gender, and about poetic mentoring and influence, will be addressed, while we pay close attention to poetic form.
(Formerly 220.374)

Sec. 01

M 2-4

220.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY

220.507

HONORS THESIS

220.509

PRACTICING JOURNALISM INTERNSHIPPerm. Req’d. Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only

220.513

INTERNSHIP: TEACHING WRITING IN THE SCHOOLS (3) Dixon   Perm. Req'd.    Juniors & Seniors only  Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only

220.610

READINGS IN FICTION: FAULKNER, FITZGERALD, AND HEMINGWAY Irwin  

Sec. 01

W 3-6pm

220.613

WRITING ABOUT SCIENCE Finkbeiner   Limit 8

Sec. 01

M 3-6pm

220.620

TECHNIQUES OF POETRY: FORMS  Salter

Sec. 01

Th T 2-5pm

220.623

FICTION WORKSHOP McGarry Limit 12

Sec. 01

Th 2-5

220.625

POETRY WORKSHOP Smith  Limit 12

Sec. 01

M 2-5

220.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY Staff