PHIL 111 - Writing and Power: Authority, Oppression, and Resistance

Description:
An introduction to the skills of academic research and argumentative writing, through the study writing as a form of empowerment and resistance to oppression – primarily in the context of gender, race, and colonialism.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: students must have appropriate test scores or have satisfactorily completed ENG100T.

Credits: (5)

General Education Category: FYE2 - Academic Writing I: Critical Reading & Responding

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

analyze works in a variety of genres on the link between authority and writing.
identify and evaluate arguments in those works.
argue for a thesis, based on independent research and analysis of texts.
use clear, grammatically correct academic prose.
demonstrate information literacy by locating reliable academic sources relevant to the particular topic of their final project, and by citing those sources properly.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
12/23/19

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations:
Fall Locations: Ellensburg