Elective Writing Courses

Courses

WRIT B120 Writing Workshop for Multilingual Writers
Fall

This course offers first-year students who are non-native speakers of English a chance to develop their skills as college writers. Through frequent practice, class discussion, and in-class collaborative activity, students will become familiar with the writing process and learn to write for an academic audience. Student writers in the class will be guided through the steps of composing and revising college essays: formulating questions; analyzing purpose; generating ideas; structuring and supporting arguments; marshaling evidence; using sources effectively; and developing a clear, flexible academic voice. Writers will receive frequent feedback from peers and the instructor. Placement in WRIT B120 is done on the basis of a writing sample. Enrollment Cap: 15

WRIT B190 Writing Workshop
Spring

This course offers students who have already taken an Emily Balch Seminar an opportunity to expand their skills as writers. Through frequent practice, class discussion, and in-class collaborative activity, students will become familiar with all aspects of the writing process and will develop their ability to write for academic and non-academic audiences. The class addresses a number of writing issues: formulating questions; generating ideas; structuring and supporting arguments; using sources effectively; and developing a clear, flexible voice. Students will meet regularly with the course instructor to discuss their work. Prerequisite: Open to all Bryn Mawr students; other students may register with permission from the instructor. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) Enrollment cap: 15.

WRIT B220 Multilingualism in the U.S.
Spring

WRIT B280 The Teaching of Writing
Every other Spring

This Praxis II course is designed for students interested in teaching or tutoring writing at the high-school or college level. The course focuses on composition theory, writing pedagogy, and contemporary views of literacy, with an emphasis on the ways in which social identities and linguistic backgrounds affect how students write and how they view themselves as writers. In the first half of the semester, students will become acquainted with significant theories and current trends in the teaching of writing and explore their own beliefs about learning to write; in the second half of the semester, students will explore how theory influences practice by learning basic principles of design and designing prompts, making lesson plans for the writing classroom, and responding to and evaluating student writing. The final project for the course is a teaching portfolio or a digital project for use teaching writing on campus and beyond.