American Studies 351mn - Topics on Writing about American Society-Medicine, Nature, and Science Writing

Offered as AMS 351mn and ENG 351mn. This nonfiction writing course cultivates creative work that takes inspiration from the discoveries, controversies, crimes, and unsolved mysteries of the sciences. Students’ writing is artful as well as informative, and the emphasis is on craft and creative process. Students read a wide range of writers who explore social issues through the lens of science, from Susan Sontag and Jamaica Kincaid to Elizabeth Kolbert and Anna Tsing. Students conduct interviews and do immersion research in their individual areas of interest while being guided through the process of producing a substantial work of science writing. Restrictions: Juniors and seniors only. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required. (E)

[CE] JR/SR only