Summer Writing Program

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Ready for college, but not for college writing?

Here’s your chance to catch up, get a head start, and move ahead.

Cooper Union’s three week, writing intensive course prepares you to write at the college level. You’ll learn the sophisticated writing, reading, and researching skills necessary for success in the college classroom. And when college begins, you’ll be ready.

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Here are just a few things you’ll learn to do:

  • Write with confidence and clarity
  • Develop complex critical arguments
  • Effectively organize thoughts
  • Implement different rhetorical strategies
  • Develop a practical approach to working with challenging texts
  • Integrate technology and research into the writing process
  • Make writing more enjoyable and more productive

The Facts

 On CampusOnline
Start / End DatesJuly 8 - July 25, 2013July 8 - July 25, 2013
WeeklyMondays to ThursdaysMondays to Thursdays
Daily Schedule2 sessions: 10-2 and 1-3*live meeting 1-3 EST**
Class Sizemaximum of 12 studentsmaximum of 10 students
Instructionexperienced college instructorsexperienced college instructors
Tuition^$2500$1400
Deposit of $500due June 15due June 15

* The on-campus Cooper Union Summer Writing Program runs from July 8— July 25, 2013. Classes meet Mondays through Thursdays, with two sessions each day—10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, with an hour lunch break.

** The Cooper Union Online Writing Seminar offers direct interaction between instructor and student via live web conference and runs from July 8–July 25, 2013. Classes meet Monday through Thursday. Because this online course has a real-time, live component, students must be available for class meetings for the duration of the course. (Monday–Thursday, 1pm–3pm, EST).

^ A deposit of $500 is due by June 15th. Full payment is due by June 30th.

To sign up, fill out the registration form and return it, along with the $500 deposit payable by check, money order or credit card, by June 15.

Questions? See the FAQ or write to summerwritingprogram@cooper.edu

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.