Training in writing expository prose. Further instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.

This course will focus first and foremost on developing the skills necessary to research, plan, draft and revise writing at a college level. You will hone these skills through an exploration of the extraordinary history of Berkeley and the wider Bay Area. Berkeley has long been a locus for the radical re-imagining of political and social life in America, and together we will chart Berkeley’s radical tradition from the 1960s onward. This class will be particularly focused on how we can put literary and non-literary texts into conversation with one another to create a nuanced and vibrant sense of place. Readings will include key texts from the New Left and liberation movements, including the Free Speech Movement, the Black Panther Party, the Third World Liberation Front, the Disability Rights movement and local queer and feminist activism. We will also read science fiction by Philip K Dick and Ursula Le Guin, poetry by Thom Gunn and contemporary fiction by Tommy Orange and Emma Cline. Alongside these fictional texts, we will watch a selection of documentaries and films about activism, punk and big tech. We will consider how we grapple with our radical forebears and what it means to be in Berkeley now. Throughout the semester you will be introduced to some of the myriad, unique resources in our university and community that are available for your research both in this class and beyond. The major writing assignments for this course will be a shorter essay that builds on your existing skills and a longer research essay that will focus on integrating secondary sources into your own writing. Both of these papers will be developed through a series of shorter exercises and revisions.

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.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills