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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* = day site (no room or board provided)
** = international site (dates vary)
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Grade | Code | Writing Courses | Sites and Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
2-3 | Explorations in Writing: Stories and Poems | SAN-1* STP-1* | |
3-4 | Writing and Reading Workshop | ALE-2* LAJ-1* MTA-1&2* SAN-1&2* WIN-1&2* | |
4-5 | Writing Workshop: Modern Fantasy | ALE-2* LAJ-1* SAN-1&2* STP-1* WIN-1&2* | |
5-6 | Heroes and Villains | ALE-2* CAL-2 CHS-1&2 MTA-1&2* PAL-1&2 SHD-1 WIN-1* | |
5-6 | 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+ | Whodunit?: Mystery and Suspense in Literature and Film | BRI-1&2 EST-1&2 SCZ-1 SUN-1&2 | |
7+ | Creative Nonfiction | CAR-1&2 HKG-1** JHU-1&2 LAN-1&2 LOS-1&2 SAR-1&2 SUN-1&2 | |
7+ | Fiction and Poetry | CAR-1&2 LAN-1&2 | |
7+ | Crafting the Essay | BRI-1 EST-1&2 SCZ-1&2 | |
7+ | Writing by the Bay | SCZ-1&2 | |
7+ | The Graphic Novel | EST-1 | |
7+ | The Critical Essay: Literature and the Arts | JHU-1 | |
7+ | The Critical Essay: Popular Culture | LAN-1&2 LOS-1 | |
7+ | The Critical Essay: Film | CAR-2 | |
7+ | Utopias and Dystopias | LAN-1&2 | |
7+ | Advanced Fiction | JHU-2 SAR-1 | |
10+ | Politics and Film | PRN-1 |
| Code | Site |
|---|---|
| ALE | Alexandria, Virginia* |
| BRI | Bristol, Rhode Island |
| BRK | Berkeley, California |
| BTH | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| CAL | Thousand Oaks, California |
| CAR | Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
| CHS | Chestertown, Maryland |
| EST | Easton, Pennsylvania |
| HKG | Hong Kong S.A.R.** |
| JHU | Baltimore, Maryland |
| LAJ | La Jolla, California* |
| LAN | Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| LOS | Los Angeles, California |
| MSC | Baltimore, Maryland |
| MTA | Pasadena, California* |
| PAL | Palo Alto, California |
| PBD | Baltimore, Maryland |
| PRN | Princeton, New Jersey |
| SAN | Sandy Springs, Maryland* |
| SAR | Saratoga Spring, New York |
| SCZ | Santa Cruz, California |
| SHD | South Hadley, Massachusetts |
| STP | Brooklandville, Maryland* |
| SUN | Seattle, Washington |
| WIN | Los Angeles, CA* |
* = day site (no room or board provided)
** = international site
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