Humanities Degrees in the USA

...on such topics as family meals, food's ability to awaken us to "our own powers of enjoyment" (M. F. K. Fisher), and eating as...

...it may affect your final grade. Under Writing Program policy, you cannot pass the course if you have more than five unexcused absences. Three latenesses counts as an absence... Learn about: Communication Training...

...of using and citing sources accurately in your work. We will use the MLA in-text citation system in this course . It is essential that you also have ready...

...for improving the work. What you submit to the workshops will be understood to be work in progress; you will use the responses of readers... Learn about: Quality Training...

...as well as your regular journal writing assignments. We define "experience" quite broadly in this class. In your writing for the course, you can draw... Learn about: Maya training...

...In this class we will read the personal narratives of bilingual and bicultural writers, some of whom have struggled to assimilate, others of whom...

...of stereotypes and of having multiple identities. We will consider the ways that either accepting or resisting a culture's patterns can give us power... Learn about: Communication Training...

...and wrote sonnets to share "among his private friends" (so wrote Francis Meres in his Palladis Tamia, 1598). Varying his style to suit different audiences and occasions...

...remixing process as well. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session Students, scholars, bloggers, reviewers, fans, and book-group members write about literature...

...consideration of its history and then will proceed to see what some critics and practitioners of the essay have had to say about it in an effort to outline its parameters... Learn about: Quality Training...

...James McBride and others, we will focus not on how multiracial people are seen or imagined by the dominant culture, but instead on how they represent themselves...

...re-conceptualizing, and then re-writing your essays—is essential to the course. You must have a minimum of 40 pages of revised and polished prose by the end of the semester... Learn about: Quality Training...

...1.5 hours / session This class will focus on the craft of the short story, which we will explore through reading great short stories, writers speaking about writing...

...of poetry from the outside in and from the inside out. It is both an essay writing and a creative writing class. In the essay part students write one-page...

...opportunity to focus on different elements of fiction and to practice in those particular areas out of context. Included in this type of assignment...

...people argue that genre fiction is simply a marketing category, most would say that different genres meet specific expectations of readers. We will examine...

...and I will discuss this in class. Evans, Arthur B., Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., et al. The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction. Wesleyan University Press...

...2010. ISBN: 9780439023528. [Preview with Google Books] Zombies, Run. Six to Start with Naomi Alderman, 2012-present. Students will also be required...

...Modify, remix, and reuse (just remember to cite OCW as the source.) Learn more at Get Started with MIT OpenCourseWare...

...All project proposals must be approved by the instructors. Students have to complete three main projects, evenly scheduled through the semester...