Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Writing Program
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-179453 WRTG 260-01 Writing Across Technologies Fall 2024 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 200 PM 315 PM Lechase Room 122 08/26/2024 12/18/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
1
Capacity     
15
Co-Located: DMST 260-1, WRTG 260-01 (P)
Instructors: Karl Mohn
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Pre-requisite: Successful Completion of one of the following with a C or better: WRTG 104 WRTG 105 WRTG 105B WRTG 105E FWS 121
Description: Technology involves the development of a tool to solve a problem. In this way, writing itself can be seen a technology to aid memory, thinking, and communication. Since the invention of writing, other newer technologies have further changed how we write and how we think. Each new technology offers us a range of options that are more or less effective depending on our audience and purpose. This course will explore some of the many writing technologies that have come (and gone!) over the history of writing, from clay tablets to Snapchat. The class will take a hands-on approach and allow us opportunities to experiment with writing technologies to get a better sense of how technologies affect what we think, what we communicate, and what we think we can communicate. Students will propose individual research projects on a writing technology of their choice, which may involve some combination of original composition, scholarly research, and ethnographic study.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Primary Writing Requirement

Offered: Fall Spring Summer

Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-154719 WRTG 260-1 Writing Across Technologies Fall 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 200 PM 315 PM Lechase Room 122 08/30/2023 12/22/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
14
Capacity     
15
Co-Located: DMST 260-1, WRTG 260-1 (P)
Instructors: Karl Mohn
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: Technology involves the development of a tool to solve a problem. In this way, writing itself can be seen a technology to aid memory, thinking, and communication. Since the invention of writing, other newer technologies have further changed how we write and how we think. Each new technology offers us a range of options that are more or less effective depending on our audience and purpose. This course will explore some of the many writing technologies that have come (and gone!) over the history of writing, from clay tablets to Snapchat. The class will take a hands-on approach and allow us opportunities to experiment with writing technologies to get a better sense of how technologies affect what we think, what we communicate, and what we think we can communicate. Students will propose individual research projects on a writing technology of their choice, which may involve some combination of original composition, scholarly research, and ethnographic study.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Primary Writing Requirement

Offered: Fall Spring Summer

Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-133902 WRTG 260-1 Writing Across Technologies Fall 2022 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
MW 200 PM 315 PM Lechase Room 122 08/31/2022 12/22/2022
Enrollment: Enrolled     
9
Capacity     
15
Co-Located: DMST 260-1, WRTG 260-1 (P)
Instructors: Karl Mohn
Description: Technology involves the development of a tool to solve a problem. In this way, writing itself can be seen a technology to aid memory, thinking, and communication. Since the invention of writing, other newer technologies have further changed how we write and how we think. Each new technology offers us a range of options that are more or less effective depending on our audience and purpose. This course will explore some of the many writing technologies that have come (and gone!) over the history of writing, from clay tablets to Snapchat. The class will take a hands-on approach and allow us opportunities to experiment with writing technologies to get a better sense of how technologies affect what we think, what we communicate, and what we think we can communicate. Students will propose individual research projects on a writing technology of their choice, which may involve some combination of original composition, scholarly research, and ethnographic study.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Primary Writing Requirement

Offered: Fall Spring Summer