English 118 - COLLOQUIA IN WRITING

In sections limited to 15 students each, this course primarily provides systematic instruction and practice in reading and writing academic prose, with emphasis on argumentation. The course also provides instruction and practice in conducting research and in public speaking. Bilingual students and nonnative speakers are encouraged to register for sections taught by Ethan Myers and Morgan Sheehan-Bubla. Priority is given to incoming students in the fall-semester sections. Course may be repeated for credit with another instructor. This course explores the scientific and philosophical expressions of our deepest emotions. Our discussion will center on Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness, and will include essays by scientists, neurologists, philosophers and psychologists-all of whom engage meaningfully and surprisingly with the interplay of our senses, emotions and acculturation. By the end of the course, students will have a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the ways emotionality affects our lives and decisions.(E)

Topic: What is Happiness?