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.

In this section, you will practice reading and writing every week. You will take your essay assignments through multiple revisions. In your essays, you will analyze the formal, rhetorical, and thematic aspects of texts; develop original interpretations; and build compelling arguments. We will focus on the theme of “Environmental and Health Justice.” Environmental and health justice (EJ) draws on Indigenous knowledges, women of color feminisms, the natural and social sciences, disability and queer activism, and more. We will read texts that helped establish EJ, along with recent writings that expand and extend its principles.

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