Summer Writing Workshops
The Summer Writing Workshops operate on the principle that true writing talent can be developed, nurtured and encouraged by writer-in-residence mentors. Through instruction, discussion, criticism and free exchange among the workshop members, new writers begin to find their voice and their style.
The 2006 Summer Writing Workshops, a cooperative endeavor of the Creative Writing Program, the English Department and University College for Continuing Education, offer three workshops from July 10-21: Short Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Workshops may be taken on a noncredit or credit basis, either graduate or undergraduate. The Summer Writing Workshops include a banquet, guest speakers, and exposure to authors such as Pulitzer Prize-winners Oscar Hijuelos and Robert Olen Butler, as well as Maurice Sendak, Cynthia Ozick, Nora Sayre, and Denise Levertov. For further information, call Judith Reed at (516) 463-5993 or visit www.hofstra.edu/ucce/SummerWriting.
Intensive Language Courses
Each of these intensive language courses is given over a period of two and one-half weeks. Earn three credits for each of the courses listed below. Languages levels I and II may be taken sequentially over a five-week period for six credits. Refer to the course descriptions for additional information including meeting dates and times as well as prerequisites required for enrollment.
Summer Session I
GERM 1 Elementary German I
GERM 2 Elementary German II
RUS I Elementary Russian 1
RUS 2 Elementary Russian II
Field Geology Workshop in Wyoming
GEOL 280C, Regional Geology for Teachers, 3 s.h.
Through an integrated lecture and field course, students will investigate the geology of western Wyoming - Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. The purpose of the course will be to create and to provide a hands-on introduction to geologic field observation and the methods needed to integrate conclusions based academic learning and observed scientific data. Thus, emphasis for the course will be placed on the tectonic evolution, volcanic and sedimentary depositional processes and glacial features observed and what conclusions can be inferred from the field data gathered.
Field reports will be based on observations, measurement, analysis and interpretation in the subdisciplines of structure, stratigraphy, volcanology, petrology, field geology, cartography, mineralogy and geochemistry. Brief mapping exercises will be undertaken to integrate observations with problem solving and interpretive analysis.
Formal lectures precede the field course. Student PowerPoint presentations will be based on each individual field report and will end the session (seven days off campus and at least two days on campus; 3 s.h.). |