English 191: Writing About Literature

Yesterday I wrote about the new Credit Flexibility program. Once the state adopted this flexibility for students to be able to earn credit outside of the traditional seat time classes in the high school setting other groups and organizations, including colleges, began discussing opportunities they can make available for high school students. Otterbein University has developed a course for this summer called English 191: Writing About Literature and subtitled Identities of Obedience and Resistance. The course will provide students with intensive experiences of reading literature and writing academic papers like those you will go on to write in college.

This course is open to current juniors who have completed AP Language and Composition or who seek and are granted permission from the professor. The course will meet on Otterbein's campus in the morning from June 13th through July 1st. Tuition for the course is $400 with books costing an estimated additional $75 to 100. Students who successfully complete the course will also earn 5 quarter hours of credit.

The majority of this credit flexibility application has been completed in advance for you and I have copies available in my office if you are interested.