I am in very preliminary discussions about developing/teaching a 
graduate level course in grammar and writing, essentially for current 
and prospective teachers.  Is anyone currently teaching such a course? 
 If so, would you have a course description and/or syllabus you could 
pass on?
    As I had the need described to me, these students tend to see 
grammar in largely prescriptive terms and don't have a base of 
understanding sufficient to carry out even that limited agenda. The 
people considering supporting the course want an approach that wouldn't 
contradict progressive practices or diminish the whole enterprise of 
writing.
    My first thoughts are that there's too much to cover in a single 
semester without some sort of strategy for limiting it down.  I'm 
wondering if anyone else out there has faced this problem and come up 
with solutions. Is this a somewhat standard course anywhere in the U.S.? 
 Should it be?

Craig

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