English 150 - Writing and Society
Fall
2020
01
4.00
Robin Garabedian
M W F 12:20PM 1:10PM
UMass Amherst
59987
Fully Remote Class
rgarabed@umass.edu
This course aims to heighten your awareness of writing as both practice and concept. ?Writing Studies? is an interdisciplinary area of study at the intersection of literacy studies, communication, digital studies, education, and linguistics that is interested in how written texts?public documents, technical and professional communication, social media, etc.?reflect and impact social organization and change. The course invites students to explore writing in society through a problem-posing approach, focusing attention on how writing is understood, used, and learned. (Gen. Ed. SB, DU)