Jim Donelan's Course Page

Hölderlinturm, Tübingen

These links provide information for courses taught at UCSB by Jim Donelan of the Writing Program.

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Course Syllabi and Information

Summer 2004 Courses

• Comparative Literature 30A: Major Works of European Literature, Classical and Medieval (Session A)
• Comparative Literature 186RR: Romantic Revolutions (Session B)

Spring 2004 Courses

• Writing 109HU: Writing for the Humanities
• Writing 109L: Writing for the Legal Profession

Winter 2004Courses

• Writing 109SS:Writing for the Social Sciences

Fall 2003 Courses

• Writing 2LK: Academic Writing Linked to Environmental Studies 1
• Writing 109L: Writing for the Legal Profession--MW
• Writing 109L: Writing for the Legal Profession--TR

Summer 2003 Courses

• Comparative Literature 30A: Major Works of European Literature, Classical and Medieval
• Comparative Literature 30C: Major Works of European Literature, Romantic and Modern

Spring 2003 Courses

• Writing 109L: Writing for the Legal Profession

Winter 2003 Courses

• Writing 50: Writing and the Research Process
• Writing 109HU: Writing for the Humanities (MW)
• Writing 109HU: Writing for the Humanities (TR)

Fall 2002 Courses

• Writing 50: Writing and the Research Process
• Writing 109SS: Writing for the Social Sciences

Spring 2002 Courses

• Writing 50: Writing and the Research Process (MW)
• Writing 50: Writing and the Research Process (TR)
• English 103b: British Literature from 1789 to 1900

Winter 2002 Courses

• Comparative Literature 186RR, Romantic Revolutions: Philosophy, History, and the Arts in Europe
• Writing 109HU: Writing for the Humanities

Fall 2001 Courses

• Writing 109HU: Writing for the Humanities
• Writing 2LK: Academic Writing Linked to Political Science 1

Spring 2001 Course Syllabi

• English 192--Science Fiction

Winter 2001 Course Syllabi

• Writing 2LK   Academic Writing Linked to Art History 6B
• Writing 109HU   Writing for the Humanities
• Writing 109L    Writing for the Legal Profession

Fall 2000 Course Syllabi

• Writing 109HU--Writing for the Humanities
• Writing 2LK
• Writing 50

Spring 2000 Course Syllabi

• English 181--Charles Darwin and the Nineteenth-century Novel
• Writing 109HU--Writing for the Humanities
• Writing 109L--Writing for the Legal Profession

Winter 2000 Course Syllabus

• English 192--Science Fiction

Fall 1999 Course Syllabi

• Writing 2 Syllabus
• Writing 2 LK Syllabus
• Writing 109HU, Writing for the Humanities

General Information

• Building a Thesis Statement
• ConnectWeb Information for Faculty
• A Brief Guide to Writing 2
• Eliminating Wordiness in Your Prose
• How to Be a Better Writer
• Some Notes on How to Format a Literature Essay
• The Virtues and Vices of Writing
• Help Using Connect.Net
• Common Sentence Problems
• The Introductory Paragraph
• Paragraph Transitions
• The Concluding Paragraph
• The Top Five Student Writing Problems
• The Top Four Student Essay Problems
• Crash Policy
• Comp/Rhet Conference Links

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Jim Donelan's Curriculum Vitae

"Mozart and Enlightenment Thought," Karpeles Museum, September 26, 1999.

Comments? Questions? Email me:  donelan*at*writing.ucsb.edu (Replace "at" with the standard symbol and delete the asterisks. Writing the address this way helps keep it from spammers.)

Updated: 10/3/03