Critical Writing Seminar: Craft of Prose

Catalog description

This writing seminar focuses on a scholarly inquiry, typically in the field of psychology, the study of the human mind. Seminar enrollment is capped at 12. Students in the Craft of Prose sections get additional individualized feedback and mentoring from tutors as well as their instructor. Craft of Prose seminars are best suited to students who are intellectually gifted but struggle with one or more of the following: writing- or reading-related anxiety; perfectionism; organization; managing time and assignment submission; insufficient reading or writing practice in high school; or other writing-related challenges. This seminar fulfills the writing requirement, follows the same curriculum, and has the same workload, assessment process and standards as all other writing seminars at Penn. Only first-year and sophomores are eligible to enroll in Craft of Prose. For more information, please copy and paste the following link into your browser: apps.sas.upenn.edu/writing/ccs/catalog.php