Writing 1: Language, Literacy, and Culture
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Overview
Subject area
URB
Catalog Number
102
Course Title
Writing 1: Language, Literacy, and Culture
Department(s)
Description
Writing 1 introduces students to college-level reading and writing. This course is designed to prepare students for their work at CUNY and in their professional lives, through the lens of economic and social justice. Students engage in substantial assignments that build writing, reading, critical analysis, rhetorical, and research skills through regular practice. Emphasis on revision, rhetorical context, developing academic vocabulary, syntactic variety and control, editing for grammar and style, and ethical attribution and citation. Thematic emphasis on labor, urban, and language awareness studies.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
REC - Required Core - English Composition
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3