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Courses / Skills

Skill / Spring 2027

Courses that teach writing

Journalism, opinion, fiction, screenwriting and writing-heavy seminars. A course gets this tag only when the word shows up in its title, its department, or more than once in its description, or when an AI review quoted a line of the description that shows it.

Where it's taught

Other skills: Negotiation · Public speaking · Programming · Data and statistics · AI and machine learning · Finance · Design · Policy and law · Research methods · Leadership · Lab work · Fieldwork · Clinical · Languages · Making

296 courses

Cross-listed codes share one row, each special topic gets its own, and independent study stays hidden unless you ask for it.

ETHICS 390S-20Notable facultySpecial topic

Opinion Writing

Frank Anthony Bruni

Frank Bruni wrote op-eds for The New York Times from 2011. This seminar is about making an argument short.

writing2/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Th 3:05 to 5:35 pm
1 unit · 8 seats open
JAM 362SNotable faculty

Business Journalism

Scott McCartney

Business journalism from the creator of the Wall Street Journal's Middle Seat column.

writingfinance1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Th 12:00 to 2:30 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 285SNotable faculty

Existentialism

Toril Moi

writing2/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
MoWe 11:45 am to 1:00 pm
1 unit · 18 seats open
ENGLISH 822SNotable faculty

Writing is Thinking

Toril Moi

writing2/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Mo 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 8 seats open
JAM 367SNotable faculty

News Writing and Reporting

William R. Adair

writingresearch methods2/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
MoWe 1:25 to 2:40 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
BIOLOGY 329LNotable faculty

Principles of Animal Physiology

Emily F. Ozdowski, Sheila Patek

writinglab work1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
TuTh 10:05 to 11:20 am
1 unit · 36 seats open
LINGUIST 207Notable faculty

Psychology of Language

Michael Tomasello

research methodswriting0/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Th 1:25 to 3:55 pm
1 unit · 25 seats open
EDUC 390S-30Special topic

Free Speech & the Media

Suzanne J. Wasiolek

writingpublic speaking2/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Th 1:40 to 4:10 pm
1 unit · 18 seats open
BA 990S-01Special topic

Academic Writing and Publishin

Angelica E. Leigh

writing1/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Tu 1:00 to 4:00 pm
1.5 units · 15 seats open
CINE 190S-01Special topic

Love and Heartbreak

Samara Michaelson

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Intro
WeFr 3:05 to 4:20 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 190S-1-03Special topic

Renaissance Theater

Astrid Adele Giugni

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Intro
WeFr 3:05 to 4:20 pm
1 unit · 18 seats open
ENGLISH 290S-1-01Special topic

Medieval and Modern Mysticism

Joelle Faith Troiano

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
WeFr 10:05 to 11:20 am
1 unit · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 290S-2-01Special topic

Gothic: Origins and Afterlives

Timothy Heimlich

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
TuTh 11:45 am to 1:00 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 290S-2-02Special topic

Evolution of Romance

Effie Harrington

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
WeFr 8:30 to 9:45 am
1 unit · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 290S-4-01Special topic

Writing the Novel

Aminuddin Ahmad

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Mo 3:05 to 5:35 pm
1 unit · 12 seats open
ENGLISH 290S-4-02Special topic

Science Fiction Writing

Priscilla Wald

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Th 3:05 to 5:35 pm
1 unit · 12 seats open
ENGLISH 290S-4-03Special topic

Against the Machine

Toby J. Martinez de las rivas

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Mo 12:00 to 2:30 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 390S-1-01Special topic

Walt Whitman

Joseph Donahue

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
WeFr 11:45 am to 1:00 pm
1 unit · 12 seats open
ENGLISH 590S-1-01Special topic

Political Affect

Robyn Wiegman

writing1/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Th 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 590S-4-01Special topic

Theories of Rest and Refusal

Charlotte Sussman

writingresearch methods1/5
Graduate School · Graduate
We 12:00 to 2:30 pm
3 units · 12 seats open
ENGLISH 590S-4-03Special topic

The Novel After the Internet

Aarthi Vadde

writingresearch methods1/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Mo 3:05 to 5:35 pm
3 units · 12 seats open
ENGLISH 890S-01Special topic

West Indian Avant-Garde

Nathaniel E. Mackey

writing1/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Tu 12:00 to 2:30 pm
3 units · 12 seats open
ENGLISH 90S-02Special topic

Revenge!

Kara Greer Kozma

writing1/5
Undergraduate · Intro
WeFr 4:40 to 5:55 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
EGR 790-02Special topic

Phd Writing for Engineers

Marcie Pachino

writing0/5
Graduate School · Graduate
MoWe 10:05 to 11:20 am
3 units · 15 seats open
ENGLISH 890T-01Special topic

Article Writing

Timothy Heimlich

writing0/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Th 1:40 to 4:10 pm
3 units · 12 seats open
LS 770-01Special topic

The Art of Storytelling

Michelle Dove

writing0/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Tu 6:30 to 9:00 pm
3 units · 12 seats open
CULANTH 309S

Manger: Foodways and Food Systems

Laura Florand

writingmakingfieldworklanguages4/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
WeFr 11:45 am to 1:00 pm
1 unit · 12 seats open
NEURO 402C

Neurology Clerkship

Karissa Lorraine Gable

writingfinanceclinicalpublic speaking4/5
Medicine
Time TBA
4 units · 3 seats open
WRITING 203S

Research Methods in Writing Studies

Charlotte F. Asmuth

writingresearch methodsdata and statistics4/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
MoWe 11:45 am to 1:00 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
BRAINSOC 394T-04

Embrace: Digital Storytelling

Aasha Paredes, Shivanand P. Lad

writingpolicy and lawresearch methods3/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Time TBA
1 unit · 15 seats open
BRAINSOC 402T-04

Embrace: Digital Storytelling

Aasha Paredes, Shivanand P. Lad

writingpolicy and lawresearch methods3/5
Undergraduate · Undergraduate
Time TBA
1 unit · 15 seats open
BRAINSOC 796T-04

Embrace: Digital Storytelling

Aasha Paredes, Shivanand P. Lad

writingpolicy and lawresearch methods3/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Time TBA
3 units · 15 seats open
CINE 151S

Moving Image Practice

James R. Haverkamp, Saleem Reshamwala

writingmaking3/5
Undergraduate · Intro
Fr 1:25 to 3:55 pm
1 unit · 15 seats open
DANCE 787S

Research Methods in Dance

Sarah Wilbur

research methodswriting3/5
Graduate School · Graduate
Mo 10:20 am to 12:50 pm
3 units · 12 seats open