WSC 181 A-Z - Special Topics in Writing Studies and CompositionSemester 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.
WSC 181B - The Dark Arts of Rhetoric
A theoretical examination of unethical persuasion manipulation, deceit, propaganda.
WSC 181G - Medical Narratives-Expressing and Exploring the Experience of Patient Care
Genie N. Giaimo, Writing Studies and Rhetoric, and Eric Last, Zucker School of Medicine
This course–co-taught by a medical doctor with years of clinical experience and a researcher who studies chronic illness–offers an interdisciplinary lens into the field of narrative medicine. Students will read real-life accounts of health and illness from patient and clinician perspectives and interact with medical professionals, patients, healthcare advocates, and scholars. This course engages students with fundamental questions about patient-centered care, wellness, and what it is like to live with and through illness. Through narrative works, as well as poetry and lyrical music, students will learn about practitioners’ and patients’ experiences with the health care system and their perceptions of illness. Students will undertake their own personal and reflective writing about health, well-being, and illness. They will also engage in empirical research where they collect and analyze data and communicate their findings. Students preparing for advanced studies in health care fields will broaden their understanding and appreciation of the experiences of patients and caregivers, expanding their insight beyond the fields of science.
Course Notes/ Prerequisites: WSC 001
This course is a featured interdisciplinary course for Fall 2025. For more information, visit our Interdisciplinary Courses Webpage.
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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