Featured Courses
SPRING 2013 UNDERGRADUATE SPECIAL TOPICS COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
AML 4930: Homes and Haunts in 20th Century American Literature (Jupiter campus)
Professor Ulin
“Haunting is always the haunting of a house. And it is not just that some houses are haunted. A house is only a house inasmuch as it is haunted. —Mark Wigley, The Architecture of Deconstruction
The upper-division special topics course will introduce the English majors to the literature of the haunted house alongside relevant theory and literary criticism. We will start will Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Hawthorne’s House of Seven Gables and Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” before moving on to Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw and short stories by Edith Wharton. From there, we will turn to William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. The semester will close with Danielewski’s acclaimed 2000 novel, House of Leaves.
[This course satisfies category II]
ENC 4354: Writing for Nonprofits (Boca campus)
Professor Hinshaw
Our focus in ENC 4354 will be on "Writing for Nonprofits," which means that we will break outside the box of traditional English studies to learn about and collaborate in "real world" writing with local community organizations. We will also break outside the box of traditional classroom learning because this is a service-learning course, which means that our classroom learning will be based on knowledge and experiences we gain through our community service.
The kinds of writing projects you might anticipate working on with your organization include social media/networking, press releases and other PR materials, grant proposals,research support, website writing, newsletters, and other various projects. You do not need to be an expert in any of this kind of writing: this class is an opportunity for you to bring whatever writing background you have and also develop new skills and knowledge that will help you in your future careers.
Please email Wendy Hinshaw at whinshaw@fau.edu with any questions you have about the class. Please see attached flyer.
[This course satisfies category III]
ENC 4930: Peer Tutoring: Theory and Practice (Boca campus)
Professor Galin
This course is designed to introduce you to the theories and practices of writing and writing centers. Any undergraduate who is interested in teaching in the schools or in college, who has strong writing skills, and who is eager to get hands-on experience at the college level helping others learn to write will find this course engaging, challenging, and practical. The course will help you develop your advanced academic writing and research skills as you study best practices for composition pedagogy, collaborative learning, writing center research, and individualized writing instruction. Students will work collaboratively with each other and with experienced consultants in the University Center for Excellence in Writing (UCEW), discussing writing strategies, sample student work, and course readings. Additionally, you will be able to investigate special topics, such as writing in your discipline, assessing writing, working with second language writers, and using technology to teach writing.
Role play and practice consulting sessions will be discussed at length as well. All students will be expected to observe experienced writing center consultants for a minimum of 15 hours over the course of the term and will have opportunities to co-consult with clients. Some students will have the opportunity to consult with clients on their own a couple of times during the term. Those who complete this class and who demonstrate the skills necessary to become a UCEW consultant will have first priority for available UCEW positions in Spring 2013.
For more information, please call Professor Jeffrey R. Galin at 297-1221 or jgalin@fau.edu .
[This course satisfies category III]
CRW 4930: Experimental Fiction (Boca campus)
Professor Schwartz
Advanced workshop focused upon formally innovative, non-traditional fiction. Students produce a number of works in a number of modes and styles. Readings include various examples of 20th-century and contemporary experimental fiction. Prerequisite: CRW 3010.
[This course satisfies category III]
