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Intensive study of the patterns of English grammar and their influence on sentence structure, punctuation, and usage. Daily exercises in contemporary usage and writing assignments prepare students for refining their own academic prose and for editing the work of others. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; any level-1 composition course from WRTG 10600 through WRTG 16500. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
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Writing that critiques the dominant icons of happiness in our own culture, such as religious experience; sex, love, and marriage; and getting and spending. Students experiment with writing in a variety of genres (for example: personal essay, persuasive argument, fiction) in response to readings. Prerequisite: any level-1 writing course and registration in the H&S Honors Program.
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This theme-based expository writing course seeks to develop and refine the critical thinking and writing skills of its participants. We will do so by analyzing the complex imagery constructed by the dominant culture to define the Indian as "other," and by studying recent fiction by Native Americans who have struggled with these representations and challenged them through native protagonists who are fully voiced subjects. The course thus emphasizes the role of language in creating identity and reality. Offered as part of the Humanities and Sciences Honors Program. Prerequistes: WRTG10600, WRTG10700, WRTG15200, or WRTG16200. 3 credits.
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Introduces students to a range of methodologies, skills and styles important to their development as nonfiction writers. Subjects taught include primary and secondary research, interview techniques, ethnography or field work, and ethics. Students also learn how to combine factual research with literary techniques such as narrative pacing, character development, scene, etc. Course readings are intended to expand students¿ understanding of the diversity of nonfiction forms. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; WRTG 20100 or WRTG 20500. 3 credits (F-S, Y)
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Workshop in writing fiction, emphasizing plot, characterization, dialogue, description, narration, mood, tone, and viewpoint. Analysis of both professional and student writing. A final portfolio of revised work is required. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; WRTG 17500 or WRTG 20500. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
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Workshop in writing poetry, in which students develop poetic strategies and practice a range of poetic forms and modes. Analysis of published models (both historical and contemporary) and student writing. A final portfolio of revised work is required. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; WRTG 17500 or WRTG 20500. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
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Students will research psychoanalytic theories about the relationship between creativity and mental/emotional illness. Students will also view and read the works of artists and writers identified as having suffered from ¿madness,¿ as well as accounts by these artists and writers themselves regarding their motivations for creating art, their use of suffering in their work, and their self-destructive tendencies. The course is Writing Intensive. Students produce informal response essays and more formal academic essays, including a research-based essay. Enrollment limited to H&S Honors students. Prerequisites: one course in academic writing (WRTG 10600-16500). (S, IRR)
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This seminar investigates the origins and currency of the belief that a new Maya calendar cycle, beginning in Dec. 2012, marks the end of the current creation and beginning of a new one, with particular focus on the significance that the terminus of the Mayan Long Count has come to take on in popular culture. The course will address scholarly disputes about the meaning of the date, its place in the context of millenarian movements and apocalyptic thinking in Western culture, and the various responses in American culture as the date approaches. Limited to students in the IC Honors program. 3 credits. (F,IRR)
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Interdisciplinary seminar on women and fairy tales. Open only to members of the Ithaca College Honors Program. 3 credits. (U,IRR)
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Advanced course in writing autobiography. Encourages students to recognize developmental patterns in their own lives and understand the social and political context of their experience. Emphasis is placed on the thematic, structural, and stylistic problems of extended narrative. Autobiographical readings are used to model the genre and address relevant issues, such as the selectivity of memory, the public presentation of the private self, and the literary value of daily life. Prerequisites: Junior standing; WRTG 20500 or WRTG 23600. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
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