English 118 - COLQ IN WRITNG: TECH & GENDER

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. Particular sections of this course are designed to support nonnative speakers and bilinguals, who are strongly encouraged to consider those sections. Priority is given to incoming students in the fall-semester sections. Course may be repeated for credit with another instructor.: Given that the majority of Americans depend on technology to work, to socialize, and in many ways to even exist, how do women and non-binary individuals create space for themselves in the digital world? In this course, students answer this question both individually and collectively as they read both traditional and multimodal texts and use contemporary approaches to write essays discussing the intersection between gender and technology. Students learn to write in forms that will prepare them for academic, professional, and personal writing for a digital audience and improve their arguments, responses, and research through constraint-based exercises and activities.