Global Arc

The 200-level writing seminars give transfer students the opportunity to expand upon their previous writing instruction for assignments at Princeton and in preparation for junior and senior independent work. Students begin the term with a self-assessment and collectively identify the tools a successful academic writer needs. Writing assignments build towards a self-directed research project and the term ends with a reimagining of that project as a junior paper proposal. All work in the course will guide students towards identifying the necessary methods and resources to produce strong work as a rising practitioner in their field.

The 200-level writing seminars give transfer students the opportunity to expand upon their previous writing instruction for assignments at Princeton and in preparation for junior and senior independent work. Students begin the term with a self-assessment and collectively identify the tools a successful academic writer needs. Writing assignments build towards a self-directed research project and the term ends with a reimagining of that project as a junior paper proposal. All work in the course will guide students towards identifying the necessary methods and resources to produce strong work as a rising practitioner in their field.

Grounded in humanistic disciplines, this seminar invites students to explore Princeton's campus as a material archive, first introducing them to different modes of textual, visual, and cultural analysis, before guiding them through the writing process as they complete an original research project of their own design. This single credit course is a year long. Completion of both semesters is required for credit.

Is Talk Cheap? The Art and Science of Conversation-Based Methods for Social Research Grounded in social-science inquiry, this seminar invites students to explore the art and science of conducting interviews, introducing them to different modes and contexts for analyzing survey results, and guiding them as they undertake an original research project of their own design. This single credit course is a year long. Completion of both semesters is required for credit.

Modeled on the undergraduate writing seminar taken by Princeton's own transfer students, WRI 100 prepares Transfer Scholars for the rigors of independent research, and facilitates their transition from a consumer to producer of scholarship. Emphasizing evidence-driven argument in response to Transfer Scholars' own intellectual curiosities, WRI 100 provides analytical tools for working with humanities and social science theory.