Writing Courses

Listed below are the writing courses offered in 2012, and at which site and session each course is offered. If you are unfamiliar with our site codes, please see the site key below. The course code links will take you to the appropriate catalog course description and links to sample syllabi for the course.

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Writing Course Offerings

* = day site (no room or board provided)
** = international site (dates vary)

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Grade

Code

Writing Courses

Sites and Sessions

2-3

READ

Explorations in Writing: Stories and Poems

SAN-1* STP-1*

3-4

WRDW

Writing and Reading Workshop

ALE-2* LAJ-1* MTA-1&2* SAN-1&2* WIN-1&2*

4-5

MFAN

Writing Workshop: Modern Fantasy

ALE-2* LAJ-1* SAN-1&2* STP-1* WIN-1&2*

5-6

HERO

Heroes and Villains

ALE-2* CAL-2 CHS-1&2 MTA-1&2* PAL-1&2 SHD-1 WIN-1*

5-6

WRIT

Writing and Imagination

ALE-2* BTH-1&2 CAL-1 CHS-1&2 HKG-1** SAN-1&2* PAL-1&2 SHD-1&2 STP-1* WIN-2*

7+

WHOD

Whodunit?: Mystery and Suspense in Literature and Film

BRI-1&2 EST-1&2 SCZ-1 SUN-1&2

7+

WRT3

Creative Nonfiction

CAR-1&2 HKG-1** JHU-1&2 LAN-1&2 LOS-1&2 SAR-1&2 SUN-1&2

7+

INCW

Fiction and Poetry

CAR-1&2 LAN-1&2

7+

WRTG

Crafting the Essay

BRI-1 EST-1&2 SCZ-1&2

7+

WBAY

Writing by the Bay

SCZ-1&2

7+

GNOV

The Graphic Novel

EST-1

7+

WR4A

The Critical Essay: Literature and the Arts

JHU-1

7+

WR4B

The Critical Essay: Popular Culture

LAN-1&2 LOS-1

7+

WR4E

The Critical Essay: Film

CAR-2

7+

TOPI

Utopias and Dystopias

LAN-1&2

7+

FICT

Advanced Fiction

JHU-2 SAR-1

10+

POLF

Politics and Film

PRN-1

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Site Key

CodeSite
ALEAlexandria, Virginia*
BRIBristol, Rhode Island
BRKBerkeley, California
BTHBethlehem, Pennsylvania
CALThousand Oaks, California
CARCarlisle, Pennsylvania
CHSChestertown, Maryland
ESTEaston, Pennsylvania
HKGHong Kong S.A.R.**
JHUBaltimore, Maryland
LAJLa Jolla, California*
LANLancaster, Pennsylvania
LOSLos Angeles, California
MSCBaltimore, Maryland
MTAPasadena, California*
PALPalo Alto, California
PBDBaltimore, Maryland
PRNPrinceton, New Jersey
SANSandy Springs, Maryland*
SARSaratoga Spring, New York
SCZSanta Cruz, California
SHDSouth Hadley, Massachusetts
STPBrooklandville, Maryland*
SUNSeattle, Washington
WINLos Angeles, CA*

* = day site (no room or board provided)
** = international site

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