Lower-Division

COWL 21 Writing Workshop: Poetry

A workshop for beginning writers of poetry. Students generate, revise, and discuss their own work as well as study modern poems that illustrate issues and choices in contemporary poetry writing.

Credits

2

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to members of Cowell College.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

COWL 22 Writing Workshop: Prose

A workshop for novice writers of fiction in which students generate, revise, and discuss their own work as well as read stories by diverse writers.

Credits

2

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to members of Cowell College.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

COWL 26 Drama on Page and Stage

Examines three different scripts from both a literary and performance perspective. Discusses the genre, structure, characters, and themes of each script, as well as the challenges involved in staging and the implications of various potential staging choices. Students then attend a production, evaluating the choices made in it. A fee for expenses involved in attending each production is charged.

Credits

3

COWL 32 American Photography

A review and reconsideration of some of the major American photographers, from Matthew Brady to Judy Dater, with special consideration given to Edward Steichen, Imogene Cunningham, Gertrude Kasebier, Dorothea Lange, and others. Seminar discussion and four papers required.

Credits

2

Quarter offered

Spring

COWL 60 Social Justice and Diversity

Perspectives and case studies on diversity, communication, and social recognition. Discusses instances of social isms and phobias (racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia), and raises issues of religious tolerance and inter-faith dialogue. Includes current events and diversity topics in universitiy life. Enrollment restricted to college members. Admission by written application.

Credits

2

Instructor

Tyrus Miller

Quarter offered

Winter

COWL 80H The Literary Making of Early Modern America

Focus on the literary and cultural construction of America. Examines a variety of 16th- and 17th-century texts. Explores questions of diversity, idealism, community, and race in the early English colonies.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Winter