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Oct 09, 2024
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ES 300W - Writing for Social Justice Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice The theory and practice of persuasive writing with a focus on producing prose that advances a social justice mission.
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing, satisfaction of second composition and completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Social Justice - University Writing Requirement Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Convey ideas in clear, coherent, grammatically correct prose adapted to their particular purpose, occasion, and audience;
- Effectively frame and analyze a topic or problem related to social justice for oppressed communities;
- Conduct independent research, evaluate sources, and interpret and integrate information and ideas appropriately from oral and written sources
- Demonstrate the ways in which writing is a process involving practice, revision, and editing;
- Proofread essays at the sentence level in order to conform to academic standards; and
- Discuss the ways that writing, grammar, and standards are embedded in power relations and appreciate the power of words to advance social struggle.
UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
- analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
- demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes
- use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
- describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
- identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.
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