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21W.731-2 Writing and Experience: Crossing Borders, Fall 2010
(2010-12)
In this era of globalization, many of us have multi- or bi-cultural, multilingual or bilingual backgrounds, and even if we don't have such a background, we need urgently to understand the experiences of people who do. You ...
21W.730-5 Writing on Contemporary Issues: Culture Shock! Writing, Editing, and Publishing in Cyberspace, Fall 2008
(2008-12)
This course is an introduction to writing prose for a public audience—specifically, prose that is both critical and personal, that features your ideas, your perspective, and your voice to engage readers. The focus ...
21W.730 Writing on Contemporary Issues: Social and Ethical Issues, Spring 2010
(2010-06)
This course provides the opportunity for students-as readers, viewers, writers and speakers-to engage with social and ethical issues they care deeply about. Over the course of the semester, through discussing the writing ...
21W.730-5 Writing on Contemporary Issues: Imagining the Future, Fall 2007
(2007-12)
Turn-of-the-century eras have historically been times when people are more than usually inclined to scrutinize the present and speculate about the future. Now, the turn not just of a century but of a millennium having ...
21W.772 Digital Poetry, Fall 2005
(2005-12)
This class investigates theory and practice of digital or new media poetry with emphasis on workshop review of digital poetry created by students. Each week students examine published examples of digital poetry in a ...
21W.732-1 Introduction to Technical Communication: Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health, Spring 2007
(2007-06)
Over the course of the semester we will explore the full range of writings by physicians and other health practitioners. Some of the writer/physicians that we encounter will be Atul Gawande, Danielle Ofri, Richard Selzer, ...
21W.732-2 Introduction to Technical Communication: Ethics in Science and Technology, Fall 2006
(2006-12)
This section of Introduction to Technical Communication deals with ethical issues associated with the design, use, and propagation of technology. At virtually all stages of development and use, any technology can carry ...
21W.730-3 Writing and the Environment, Spring 2005
(2005-06)
Environmentalists have traditionally relied upon the power of their prose to transform the thoughts and behavior of their contemporaries. In this class, we will do our best to follow in their footsteps. We will consider ...