This writing seminar satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. The course is designed to offer students structured, sustained, and highly articulated practice in the recursive processes entailed in reading, critical analysis, and composing. Students will read five thematically related book-length texts, or the equivalent, drawn from a range of genres, in addition to various non-print sources. In response to these materials, they will craft several short pieces leading up to three longer essays--works of exposition and argumentation.

Intersectional feminism is an idea that's decades old, but not everyone knows what it really looks like in action. Although our understandings of gender have evolved in terms of biology, psychology and sociology from binary and static to fluid and evolving, sometimes we still talk about gender and how it impacts us in oversimplified ways. In this section of College Writing R4A, we'll explore how gender and identity intersect and impact all aspects of our lives through the lens of reading and writing about those intersections. You'll learn how to do focused textual analysis, how to develop and write arguments, and how to integrate field research and interviewing into your essays. Texts (book list TBA, but we'll likely read excerpts from the following) Judith Butler, Gender Trouble Angela Davis, Women, Race and Class bell hooks, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera Robin Zheng, Why Yellow Fever Isn't Flattering Janet Mock, Redefining Realness Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary Plus podcasts, videos, and more

Requisites

• Enrollment is limited to students who have satisfied the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills