Spring 2024

COLWRIT R4B 007 - SEM 007

Reading, Composition, and Research

Berkeley Interventions

Sean Michael Burns

Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024

Mo, We, Fr

10:00 am - 10:59 am

Latimer 122

Class #:17478

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through College Writing Programs

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 17

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 17

Waitlist Max: 0

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.

Other classes by Sean Michael Burns

COLWRIT R4B 018 018SEM

A lecture/seminar satisfying the second half of the Reading & Composition requirement, R4B offers structured and sustained practice in the processes used in reading, critical analysis, and writing. Students engage with thematically-related materials from a range of genres and media. In response, they craft short pieces leading to longer expository and/or argumentative essays. Students develop a research question, draft a research essay, gather, evaluate, and synthesize information from various sources. Elements of the research process--a proposal, an annotated bibliography, an abstract, a works cited list, etc.--are submitted with the final report in a research portfolio. Students write a minimum of 32 pages of prose.

Class Description

UC Berkeley is known around the world because of the ideas generated by our faculty and students. This course investigates a selection of the most influential books ever written by Berkeley faculty. These books have changed the world, making significant interventions in their field of research. We will study these books to better understand how influential ideas are developed and communicated. By design, this course explores a variety of disciplines and topics - from the future of AI to the polarization of American political cultures.The final research project enables students to focus on an influential Berkeley text of their own choosing.

Class Notes

Enrollment is restricted to students who have satisfied the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement. This course satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.