Writing the City

This introductory course prepares students to write for the Social Justice and Urban Life major. It pairs literary texts with select themes and readings from IAS 2XXXX, Right to the City, such as mental health and urban living, education, displacement, racial and gender justice, climate change, disability, and transit. It will develop students? critical writing, information literacy, and library research skills through shorter writing assignments and a final ten-page academic essay.