English 150 - Writing and Society

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)