ENGL 299 B: Intermediate Interdisciplinary Writing - Natural Sciences

Spring 2023
Meeting:
TTh 8:30am - 10:20am / THO 231
SLN:
14166
Section Type:
Seminar
Instructor:
UNLINKED SCIENCE WRITING COURSE. OFFERS C OR W CREDIT. MICROBIOLOGY MAJORS ONLY PERIOD 1. FOR QUESTIONS EMAIL: IWPENGL@UW.EDU
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Our course syllabus lives here: ENGL299_Section_B_Spring_2023Syllabus_NW.docx

Objectives:

The primary objective of this course is to establish an interactive classroom community to engage recent scientific research papers and science reporting that have important consequences for contemporary social issues, including global health, the nature of aggression and warfare, genetic engineering, climate change and advances in medical research. As we do so we will practice--, whatever our majors and interests--the patterns of knowledge creation practiced in the natural sciences with emphasis on its, commitment to a systematic way of thinking, and allegiance to a way of building on existing knowledge and explaining the universe through testing and factual observation. We will also emphasize the critical role science writing and reporting play in the construction, spread and application of new t knowledge.

 

Catalog Description:
Offers writing opportunities based on material from an affiliated lecture course or discipline in the natural sciences. Students strengthen writing practices relevant to course or discipline through drafting, peer reviewing, conferencing, and revising. Concurrent registration in the affiliated lecture course is required, as appropriate. Offered: AWSp.
GE Requirements Met:
English Composition (C)
Writing (W)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
October 15, 2024 - 11:22 am