ARTH 506
Expository Writing Workshop Spring 2025
Division I

Class Details

This writing seminar for graduate students in the history of art will afford intensive full group discussions of writing skills and substantial one-on-one writing consultations. Group discussions will center on three kinds of texts: writing about writing, published writing related to the discipline of Art History, and student writing in progress. In six group discussions we will improve our vocabulary and method for discussing writing; we will learn to build better and more sophisticated sentences, paragraphs, and arguments; and we will practice anticipatory reading and writing in order to strengthen our control of both voice and structure. Each discussion will be supported with examples and exercises, and our watchword in all cases will be “revision.” In one-on-one consultations (3-4 per person), the instructor will offer tailored critiques of each student’s work, setting aside time as needed to troubleshoot sentences, paragraphs, or arguments together.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 3649
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: Class participation, participation in consultation meetings, writing assignments
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Preferences: Limited to and required of first-year students in the Graduate Program in the History of Art
Distributions: Divison I

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