An intensive, accelerated course satisfying concurrently the requirements of the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement and the first half of Reading and Composition. Readings will include imaginative, expository and argumentative texts representative of the range of those encountered in the undergraduate curriculum and will feature authors from diverse social and cultural backgrounds and perspectives. Instruction in writing a range of discourse forms and in the revision of papers.

FPF Thread: California. We will use personal experience and our fiction and nonfiction readings about the Bay Area to question the role of setting and place in our lives. We will read authors of many different perspectives in order to establish our own confident academic voices, and we will value the process of writing alongside its products. We’ll practice close reading and analytical skills, and we’ll also use creative nonfiction to improve your personal, argumentative, and text-based writing. We’ll work in large and small groups, and we’ll prioritize revision and re-thinking. We’ll also explore how to supplement our written work with other forms of multimodal composition and expression. You will write and revise four essays as well as numerous shorter works, and you will offer written feedback to your peers. A revised portfolio will serve to show your growth over the semester.

This course will be held synchronously via zoom, so please enroll in a section that fits your schedule, and plan to attend during the specific weekly section times listed.

Individual conferences and office hours will be done by appointment live-online via zoom.

Requisites

• Placement by UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam. Enrollment in this course is restricted to first semester freshmen participating in the Fall Program for Freshmen (FPF). Non-FPF students are not permitted to enroll in this course.
• Enrollment in this course is restricted to first semester students participating in the Fall Program for First Semester (FPF). Non-FPF students are not permitted to enroll in this course.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills