ENGL 199 B: Interdisciplinary Writing/Natural Science

This 5-credit linked writing seminar functions as a supportive intellectual community surrounding writing in biology.  All of you are registered for a section of BIOL 180, which typically registers 700+ students, so we have a unique opportunity for a workshop-style course to focus attention on field-specific writing as a collaborative process. We’ll be developing flexible writing strategies that are sensitive to a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes in different rhetorical situations, but there are many opportunities to follow and incorporate your own specific interests, investments, and goals for most writing assignments.

Course Objectives

• Develop flexible writing strategies, including discipline-specific writing in biology
• Analyze, apply, participate in & critique disciplinary writing practices, genres & values
• Evaluate, synthesize, cite & remix a variety of sources for new purposes
• Participate in a learning community that supports writing & research as a process

Multilingual Learning (MLL) Section

This section of ENGL 199 is dedicated to Multilingual Learning, or MLL. This means the following:

• MLL sections are based on the same standards, and students must fulfill the same requirements, as any other non-MLL composition course.
• Students in the MLL section are all multilingual.
• The curriculum in MLL sections is global (with attention to both US and non-US resources and perspectives).
• MLL sections pay particular attention to American academic culture and language.