Instr:                 Carol Ross
Office:              CRT 525,     229-2971
e-mail:              cross@uwm.edu
Office hours:     by appointment.

Course Information:          TR  11:05-12:20    MER 316

Course Description

Note:
This section does NOT carry graduate credit.  It is intended for juniors, seniors, and university special students.
 
English 430 is an advanced composition class, designed for already capable writers who want to further develop their prose style.  Its focus is literary
nonfiction--that is, writing in which the content is based on experience and facts (nonfiction), but the style is creative (literary).  How you say something will be as important as what you say.

You will have the opportunity to read and write several different genres of literary nonfiction: biography, history, nature, and culture.
I expect you to have good control of grammar and mechanics since we do not spend time on these basics of writing.

FORMAT:
English 430 is a workshop class.  Students will share drafts with small writing groups; students will revise and submit essays to a larger group for further workshopping. Students will then revise essays again and submit to me for an evaluation and a conference.  Because of this format, all work must be submitted on time, and students must be willing to cooperate and learn from one another.

TEXTS:
1) Student writing will be the basic text.  Students will provide copies for the class.
2) Optional:  Hacker, Diana.  A Pocket Style Manual.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
5 essays  (90% of semester grade)
Written and oral critiques of classmates' writing
Journal
Classbook entry
Query letter
Preparation and participation in reading analyses