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2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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WSC 180 A-Z - Special Topics in Writing Studies and Composition

Semester Hours: 1-3


Periodically
Studies in academic and professional writing and rhetoric across the disciplines. These courses deal with specific issues, themes, and/or rhetorical styles and conventions.

Current Special Topics

WSC 180V: Action Writing

American essayist Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. In this course students will practice “unquiet desperation” through the act of writing. Students will write a series of personal narrative essays that act as a form of protest against injustices in the world. Some possible topics include: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, domestic violence, environmental issues, animal abuse, etc.  Students will also read several essays from the textbook and discuss the writers’ pleas, voices, styles, connections with their audience, etc.  Franz Kafka compared power of written words to an ax and our the silent, numb insides as a sea of ice the ax must crack apart. By the end of the semester, each student will hopefully have a collection of powerful essays that have hopefully cracked parts open of his or her frozen sea.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
WSC 001 . As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) and added to the course number. Any course may be taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation each time it is taken. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.





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