Writing
College of Arts & Sciences
First-Year Writing Seminar (CAS WR 120)
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First-Year Writing Seminar
CAS WR 120
Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS WR 112, placement results test. - Topics for Summer 1 2024: A1) Communicating Science; A2) Dance and Resistance in Historical Traditions. For detailed summer course descriptions, please visit https://www.bu.edu/summer/courses/writing/. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: First-Year Writing Seminar. 4 cr.
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Writing, Research, & Inquiry with Oral and/or Signed Expression
CAS WR 151
Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS WR 120) or transfer credit for CAS WR 13* or CAS WR 16*. Topics for Summer 1 2024: A1) Education and Social Issues in Contemporary U.S. Culture; A2) Friendship and Its Controversies. Topic for Summer 2 2024: B1) Art and Social Justice in Boston Now. For detailed summer course descriptions, please visit https://www.bu.edu/summer/courses/writing/. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing, Research, and Inquiry, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Research and Information Literacy. 4 cr.
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Writing, Research, & Inquiry with Digital/Multimedia Expression
CAS WR 152
Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g. CAS WR 120) or transfer credit for CA S WR 13* or CAS WR 16*. - Topic for Summer 1 2024: A1) Boston Films Now. Topics for Summer 2 2024: B1) Case Studies in Fairy Tales; B2) Narrative Justice: Storytelling and Social Change. For detailed summer course descriptions, please visit https://www.bu.edu/summer/courses/writing/. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Writing, Research, and Inquiry, Research and Information Literacy. 4 cr.
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Writing, Research, & Inquiry with Creativity/Innovation
CAS WR 153
Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g. CAS WR 120) or transfer credit for CA S WR 13* or CAS WR 16*. - Topic for Summer 1 2024: A1) Asians Are People of Color: Race Relations and Identity Politics. For detailed summer course descriptions, please visit https://www.bu.edu/summer/courses/writing/. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Writing, Research, and Inquiry, Research and Information Literacy. 4 cr.
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Introduction to Creative Writing
CAS EN 202
Undergraduate Prerequisites: by stamped approval only; see Room 211,236 Bay State Road. - Primarily a creative writing workshop, in which students write and revise their own short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and read their peers' work with generosity, providing constructive feedback. Students also learn to read closely the work of literary masters past and present. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Aesthetic Exploration. 4 cr.
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Reading and Writing Literary Nonfiction
CAS EN 502
Undergraduate Prerequisites: two previous literature courses or junior or senior standing; and Firs t-Year Writing (WR 120 or equivalent). - Prereq: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS EN 120 or CAS WR 100 or CAS WR 120) and two previous literature courses or junior or senior standing. This reading and writing seminar explores literary nonfiction, a wide-ranging, sometimes controversial genre in which writers use techniques associated with fiction and poetry to make meaning of lives. How do writers describe their world, especially peoples, places, and things? What are different ways of using personal voice? Each weekly meeting includes discussion of published nonfiction along with writing short exercises, and workshopping writing. The learning goals of this course are to become better readers and more skillful practitioners of the craft of literary nonfiction. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Creativity/Innovation. 4 cr.
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Interdisciplinary Studies in Creative Writing: Writer as Illustrator
CAS EN 549
A workshop-based class, for the artist interested in creative writing, the creative writer interested in art and the history of comics, or any student interested in interdisciplinary studies in humanities. Explores the overlaps between the disciplines of creative writing and illustration, as well as the surprises and difficulties that arise when combining the two. Students write and revise their own creative works, as well as receive feedback from their classmates and professor in the workshop environment. Readings include literary works, comics, and historical articles. 4 cr.
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Introduction to Communication Writing
COM CO 201
Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS WR 100 or CAS WR 120) or equivalent. - This is the College of Communication's core undergraduate writing course. Students refresh their grammatical and stylistic skills and apply those skills to professional writing assignments. The course prepares students to write with clarity, conciseness, precision, and accuracy within communication fields. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Research and Information Literacy. (Students on the Hub cannot take CAS WR 100 as a prerequisite.) 4 cr.
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Introduction to Communication Writing
COM CO 201
Prereq: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS WR 100 or CAS WR 120) or equivalent. This is the College of Communication's core undergraduate writing course. Students refresh their grammatical and stylistic skills and apply those skills to professional writing assignments. The course prepares students to write with clarity, conciseness, precision, and accuracy within communication fields. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Research and Information Literacy. (Students on the Hub cannot take CAS WR 100 as a prerequisite.) 4 cr.
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Writing for Communication
COM CM 331
Undergraduate Prerequisites: CO201 AND First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120). - Prereq: (COM CO 201) and First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS WR 100 or CAS WR 120). Intensive exposure to some of the basic writing formats in the communications profession: news releases, letters, features, and profiles. Lead writing, editing, and techniques of interviewing. Extensive writing and rewriting. Develops basic writing skills for different audiences. Effective Fall 2018, course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Writing-Intensive Course. 4 cr.
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Writing for Communication
COM CM 331
Prereq: (COM CO 201) and First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS WR 100 or CAS WR 120). Intensive exposure to some of the basic writing formats in the communications profession: news releases, letters, features, and profiles. Lead writing, editing, and techniques of interviewing. Extensive writing and rewriting. Develops basic writing skills for different audiences. Effective Fall 2018, course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Writing-Intensive Course. 4 cr.