Learning and Teaching Cooperative

Writing Courses for Credit

Antioch University Seattle has developed a writing program that is innovative
and integrative across academic programs. Now, both undergraduate and graduate
students may find writing classes in one location: the LT Coop. Enroll in a writing
course and you'll find yourself in classes with students across programs with a common goal to learn and grow as writers. These writing courses offer Antioch students a broad scope of writing experience, from understanding the writing process to academic writing, from formal research and inquiry to technical and professional writing. The courses are all taught by "writing experts," who are experienced faculty, and are designed with a very specific educational goal: to bring writing to a critical examination within the academic experience at Antioch.

LT Coop Fall, 2008 Classes:

The Writing Process (3 credits)       
Instructor: Vincent Kovar
WRTG404/604: Tuesdays, 4 to 6:30 p.m.

The Writing Process introduces you to the generative and recursive nature of reading and writing. Through active critical reading and writing, you develop writing and thinking skills required of academic study. A critical understanding of the writing process develops as you learn to generate ideas, compose, proofread and revise for focus, support, organization and conventions. 

Writing in Academic Contexts (3 credits)
Instructor: Maria Pickering 
AUS405/605: Mondays, 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Writing in Academic Contexts offers you a critical exploration of reading and writing intrinsic to the university. Compose a variety of genres, from personal narratives to more formal, academic writing incorporating outside research. The writing workshop approach includes tutorials supporting their writing process, peer editing and successful revising and proofreading techniques.

Inquiry and Research (3 credits)
Instructor: Mary Baylor
AUS406/606: Wednesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m.            

Inquiry and Research emphasizes that writing and inquiry are both cognitive processes. The class supports student-writers in the academy in developing their critical and active reading and thinking skills, technical and library skills, approaches in integration of primary and secondary sources and the exploring of a personal stance in relation to the material studied.

Inquiry and Research, Psy.D.
Instructor: Anne Maxham
WRTG606-2: Fridays, 4:15 to 7:15 p.m.

This special section of Inquiry and Research is designed to give the future psychologist ample experience in academic writing for the psychological-discourse community. Writing is approached as a way of knowing and understanding psychological issues through composing in multiple genres, from self-reflective narratives to formal research proposals and literature reviews.   

Technical and Professional Writing (3 credits)
Instructor: Vincent Kovar
WRTG407/607: Tuesdays, 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Technical and Professional Writing examines the forms of writing required in the professional world. Explore writing for different professional audiences, from magazine articles and blogs to grant proposals. This course includes more than mastering writing; particular emphasis is placed on various writing communities and their audiences.

Writing Tutorial (1 credit)
Instructor: Susanne Sturm
WRTG400A: Wednesdays, 6 to 7 p.m.

The Writing Tutorial offers Antioch students a small group tutorial experiences that support the undergraduate students' writing in their academic program. Through structured, small group, bi-weekly meetings with a faculty member, students process their writing: from generating ideas and composition to proofreading and revising.

Writing Tutorial, (1 credit)
Instructor: Susanne Sturm
AUS600A: Thursdays, 6 to 7 p.m.

The Writing Tutorial offers Antioch students a small group tutorial experiences that support the undergraduate students' writing in their academic program. Through structured, small group, bi-weekly meetings with a faculty member, students process their writing: from generating ideas and composition to proofreading and revising.