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.

How can a song imitating police brutality empower its victims? How can a groundbreaking hero perpetuate unsettling stereotypes? In this sustained exploration of how we use, and are sometimes used by, art and other products of contemporary culture, you will analyze a diverse array of texts and other media (ranging from music, to film, to graffiti, to paintings and sculpture) toward the mastery of various academic techniques and approaches with an aim toward refining your unique voice and powers as a writer. Book list: Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris Going All City: Struggle and Survival in LA’s Graffiti Subculture by Stefano Bloch Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond by Peter Selz

Open to students who have not fulfilled the Entry Level Writing Requirement.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills