[NOTE: The classes listed here were offered in 1996 and this list has not been updated.]
Anyone interested in mastering the art and craft of hypertext fiction and poetry will find a number of schools willing to help. The courses listed here offer practical training in hypertext, usually along with coverage of the medium's theoretical aspects. Not all of these classes focus exclusively on fiction and poetry, but all are open to projects in these genres. In addition to the classes listed here, which are open to anyone, similar classes are offered to students enrolled in programs at the University of Texas at Austin (taught by John Slatin), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Janet Murray), Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (Robert Arellano), Stanford University in Stanford, California (Larry Friedlander and Barbara Hayes-Roth), and Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts (Mark C. Taylor).
On-Line Nationwide: Globewide Network Academy. Anyone with a computer and modem can participate in this course from nearly anywhere in the world. HTML: An Introduction for Writers, Jan./Feb., Mar./Apr., and May/Jun. 1996, taught by Walt Carroll. [Walt Carroll, Emerald Acres, West Park, NY 12493-0190. (914) 384-6563; e-mail: wcarroll@mhv.net]
On-Line Nationwide: New School for Social Research. Anyone with a computer and modem can participate in this course from nearly anywhere in the world. Hypertext Poetry and Fiction, spring 1996, fall 1996, taught by Robert Kendall. [New School for Social Research, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011. (212) 229-5611; e-mail: 102012.1273@compuserve.com]
Baltimore, Maryland: University of Baltimore. Workshop in Hypermedia Production, spring 1996, taught by Stuart Moulthrop. [School of Communications Design, University of Baltimore, 1420 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. (410) 837-5301.]
Poughkeepsie, New York: Vassar College. Hypertext Rhetoric and Poetics, spring 1996, taught by Michael Joyce. [Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. (914) 437-5650.]
San Francisco: San Francisco State University. Interactive and Experimental Fiction, spring 1996, fall 1996, taught by Glenn Kurtz. [Multimedia Studies Program, San Francisco State University Downtown Center, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-2406. (415) 904-7700.]
Washington, DC: George Washington University. Hyperfiction: Reading and Writing in Cyberspace, spring 1996, taught by Rachelle Heller and Mark Wallace. [Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052. (202) 994-5906.]