Grades 8 - 12
Email or Web-based
college sophomore
qualifying verbal/reading score and | EITHER | completion of grade 9 English and
submission of a satisfactory writing sample (more information) | OR
completion of one course below: | | CTYOnline | Crafting the Essay | | CTY Summer Programs | Crafting the Essay | | CAA Summer Programs | Writing the Expository Essay | | Writing by the Bay | | Introduction to Creative Writing |
0.5 credit
Session Dates and Application Deadlines
20 weeks (Fall and Early Spring), 12 weeks (Early Summer), or 6 weeks (Intensive Mid summer) This course builds on the techniques learned and practiced in prerequisite courses, above. Students learn various rhetorical modes of discourse from lessons and from assigned readings. Examples of these modes include persuasion, definition, analysis, and narration. While inculcating the modes of classical discourse, this format focuses on readings and writings in cultural criticism. The work of contemporary writers such as Ann Lamott and Susan Orlean provides inspiration and, at times, subjects for critical analysis. Opportunities for revision allows students to hone skills and combine modes for maximum effect. By the end, students are able to analyze and evaluate most prose forms. Additionally, students should be able to argue their interpretations convincingly. The highly interactive Web-based format culminates in a capstone essay incorporating the skills students have learned. This essay is based on a five-hour observation of social interaction in a cultural group. For more information, see the introductory paragraph at the beginning of detailed course information. - web-based format
- email format | Web-based format | Email format | 3 hours weekly for 20-week sessions
(Fall and Early Spring) | 2 hours weekly for 20-week sessions
(Fall and Early Spring) | 2 hours daily Monday - Friday for 6-week sessions
(Intensive Mid summer) | 3.5 hours weekly for 12-week sessions
(Early Summer) | | Review Summer Session Daily Schedules | | Learn more about the summer sessions. |
Get more information from Frequently Asked Questions.
- The writing sample demonstrates command of skills students would otherwise learn in one of the prerequisite CTY courses. Please write this sample.
- Submit the writing sample as an attachment to an email. Put your full name and CTY Student ID # at the beginning of the file and in the body of your email message.
- Also attach to the email a copy of a year-end report card showing completion of 9th grade English.
email to sbarish@jhu.edu Allow 5 business days for a response, please. Questions? Phone 410-735-6140 or email sbarish@jhu.edu - web-based format - email format
All CTY Online courses require a properly-maintained computer with Internet access and a recent-version web browser (such as Explorer 6, Firefox, or Safari). Students are expected to be familiar with standard computer operations (e.g. login, cut & paste, email attachments, etc). |
Spam blockers, parental controls, and other internet filtering software must allow email from JHU (jhu.edu & jhem.jhu.edu), and from the instructor's email address (provided at start of course). Important: Frequent changing of a student's screen name or email address is inversely proportional to success. |
If this course uses a web-based classroom for assignments and group discussion, your browser will need to allow cookies, javascript, and popup windows from the classroom web site. |
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