Schedule of Classes   Writing II Course Descriptions

Winter 2010

Spring 2010
   available February 1

Approved course list

Winter 2010

The Writing II requirement can be satisfied by completing a writing course selected from a list approved by the Faculty Executive Committee. Consult the online Schedule of Classes for the most current list of approved courses.

Consult your College or school adviser for general education information.

Ancient Near East

10W. Jerusalem: Holy City. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Survey of religious, political, and cultural history of Jerusalem over three millennia as symbolic focus of three faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Transformation of sacred space as reflected by literary and archaeological evidence through examination of testimony of artifacts, architecture, and iconography in relation to written word. Study of creation of mythic Jerusalem through event and experience. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundations — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis; Society and Culture: Historical Analysis)

Applied Linguistics

40W. Language and Gender: Introduction to Gender and Stereotypes. (5) (Formerly numbered M40W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 40 or former course M40 or M40W. Prior knowledge of foreign languages not required. Introduction to language from sociological perspective of gender. Use of research and examples in English and other languages to explore nature of male and female “genderlects” and gendered language, as reflected in lexicon, language behavior, phonetics and intonation, and language acquisition and linguistic change. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundations — Arts and Humanities: Philosophical and Linguistic Analysis; Society and Culture: Social Analysis)

Bioengineering

165EW. Bioengineering Ethics. (4) (Formerly numbered 165.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, three hours; outside study, five hours. All professions have ethical rules that derive from moral theory. Bioethics is well-established discipline that addresses ethical problems about life, such as when do fertilized eggs become people? Should ending of life ever be assisted? At what cost should it be maintained? Unlike physicians, bioengineers do not make these decisions in practice. Engineering ethics addresses ethical problems about producing devices from molecules to bridges, such as when do concerns about risk outweigh concerns about cost? When are weapons too dangerous to design? At what point does benefit of committing to building devices outweigh need to wait for more scientific confirmation of their effectiveness? Bioengineers must be aware of consequences of applying such devices to all living systems. Emphasis on research and writing within engineering environments. Satisfies engineering writing requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Comparative Literature

2AW. Survey of Literature: Antiquity to Middle Ages. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 4AW. Study of selected texts from antiquity to Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Sappho, Greek tragedies, Aeneid, Petronius, Beowulf, Marie de France, Tristan and Iseult, 1001 Nights, Popul Vuh. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

2CW. Survey of Literature: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1C or 4CW. Study of selected texts from Age of Enlightenment to 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, M. Shelley, Dostoevsky, Kafka, James Joyce, Garcia Marquez, and Jamaica Kincaid. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4AW. Literature and Writing: Antiquity to Middle Ages. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 2AW. Study and discussion of selected texts from antiquity to Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as Iliad, Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Sappho, Greek tragedies, Aeneid, Petronius, Beowulf, or Marie de France. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4BW. Literature and Writing: Middle Ages to 17th Century. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1B or 2BW. Study and discussion of selected texts from Middle Ages to 17th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works and authors such as Chaucer, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Shakespeare, 1001 Nights, Christine de Pizan, Popul Vuh, Molière, and Racine. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4CW. Literature and Writing: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1C or 2CW. Study and discussion of selected texts from Age of Enlightenment to 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, M. Shelley, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Kafka, Joyce, Beckett, L. Hughes, and Garcia Marquez. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4DW. Literature and Writing: Great Books from World at Large. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1D or 2DW. Study and discussion of major literary texts usually overlooked in courses that focus only on canon of Western literature, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts from at least three of following areas read in any given term: African, Caribbean, East Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern literature. Texts may include works by authors such as Ngugi, Desai, Kincaid, Emecheta, El Saadawi, Achebe, Pak, Can Xue, Neruda, and Rushdie. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Engineering

183EW. Engineering and Society. (4) (Formerly numbered 183.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, three hours; outside study, five hours. Limited to sophomore/junior/senior engineering students. Professional and ethical considerations in practice of engineering. Impact of technology on society and on development of moral and ethical values. Contemporary environmental, biological, legal, and other issues created by new technologies. Emphasis on research and writing within engineering environments. Writing and revision of about 20 pages total, including two individual technical essays and one team-written research report. Readings address technical issues and writing form. Satisfies engineering writing requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

185EW. Art of Engineering Endeavors. (4) (Formerly numbered 185.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, three hours; outside study, five hours. Designed for juniors/senior engineering students. Nontechnical skills and experiences necessary for engineering career success. Importance of group dynamics in engineering practice. Teamwork and effective group skills in engineering environments. Organization and control of multidisciplinary complex engineering projects. Forms of leadership and qualities and characteristics of effective leaders. How engineering, computer sciences, and technology relate to major ethical and social issues. Societal demands on practice of engineering. Emphasis on research and writing in engineering environments. Satisfies engineering writing requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

English

4W. Critical Reading and Writing. (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

English Composition

5W. Literature, Culture, and Critical Inquiry. (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: course 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Use of analysis of literary works within cultural context to engage students in critical thinking and writing about issues important to academic inquiry and responsible citizenship. Minimum of 15 to 20 pages of revised text required in addition to regular informal writing exercises. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

100W. Interdisciplinary Academic Writing. (5) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Designed for sophomores/juniors/seniors. Course in academic writing suitable for both lower and upper division students that helps them develop academic papers with a range of complexity and length. Focus on conventions of academic prose and genres across the disciplines. Written assignments include common forms of academic writing such as argument, research paper, and/or critical essay. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

French

14W. Introduction to French Culture and Civilization in English. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 14. Study of contemporary French institutions and issues in cultural, political, and socioeconomic realms. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

History

96W. Introduction to Historical Practice. (5) Seminar, three hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for former course 99W. Introduction to study of history, with emphasis on historical theory and research methods. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Honors Collegium

11W. Postmodern Culture. (5) Seminar, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Exploration of theories and art (literature, music, film, fine art) that emerged after World War II in what has come to be known as postmodern era. Art criticizes master narratives of earlier age and fosters fragmentation, skepticism toward universal truth, commodification of knowledge, media creating reality, and globalization in industry and society. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

40W. Transformations of Cultural Stories across Disciplines and Texts. (5) Seminar, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Tracing of writing and rewriting of traditional story types, specifically the adventure story as represented by Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and its remanifestations in Coetzee’s Foe and the fairy tale as represented by Cinderella and its various cross-cultural remanifestations. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

59W. Literature and Culture of the American South. (6) Seminar, four hours; writing laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Examination of historical imagination as it is expressed in such writers as William Faulkner, Allen Tate, Flannery O’Connor, Richard Wright, and Zora Neale Hurston; in Civil War and WPA/FSA photography; and in Southern rhetoric and political documentary. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

83W. Politics and Rhetoric of Literature. (6) Seminar, four hours; writing laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Examination of relationship among politics, rhetoric, and literature in study of literature from classical times to the present, broadening into general discussions of development of political discourse in Western thought, particularly conflict between self and state, between ideology and the practical business of living. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Philosophy

22W. Introduction to Ethical Theory. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 22. Introduction to major ethical theories in Western thought. Examination of works of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill. Topics include ideas of virtue, obligation, egoism, relativism, and foundations of morals. Four papers required. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Philosophical and Linguistic Analysis)

Scandinavian

50W. Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Designed for students in general and for those wishing to prepare for more advanced and specialized studies in Scandinavian literature and culture. Selected works from literatures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, ranging from myth, national epic, saga, and folktale through modern novel, poem, play, short story, and film, read in English and critically discussed. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Fall 2009

Ancient Near East

10W. Jerusalem: Holy City. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Survey of religious, political, and cultural history of Jerusalem over three millennia as symbolic focus of three faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Transformation of sacred space as reflected by literary and archaeological evidence through examination of testimony of artifacts, architecture, and iconography in relation to written word. Study of creation of mythic Jerusalem through event and experience. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundations — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis; Society and Culture: Historical Analysis)

Anthropology

M148W. Talk and Body. (5) (Formerly numbered M148.) (Same as Applied Linguistics M161W and Communication Studies M123W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Relationship between language and human body raises host of interesting topics. New approaches to phenomena such as embodiment become possible when body is analyzed, not as isolated entity, but as visible agent whose talk and action are lodged within both processes of human interaction and rich settings where people pursue courses of action that count in their lives. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Applied Linguistics

10W. Language in Action: Perspectives from Applied Linguistics. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 10. Introduction to rich variety of topics, approaches, research, and resources in interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics as it is practiced at UCLA. Series of presentations by various faculty members whose work is in those areas. Introduction to various ways language works in real life and how this can be described and studied in systematic ways; designed to teach students to write effectively. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Philosophical and Linguistic Analysis)

M161W. Talk and Body. (5) (Formerly numbered M161.) (Same as Anthropology M148W and Communication Studies M123W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Relationship between language and human body raises host of interesting topics. New approaches to phenomena such as embodiment become possible when body is analyzed, not as isolated entity, but as visible agent whose talk and action are lodged within both processes of human interaction and rich settings where people pursue courses of action that count in their lives. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Chinese

60W. Introduction to Chinese Religions. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 60. Knowledge of Chinese not required. General survey of religious life in China, with emphasis on everyday religious practice over doctrine, and themes common to Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Communication Studies

M123W. Talk and Body. (5) (Formerly numbered M123.) (Same as Anthropology M148W and Applied Linguistics M161W.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Relationship between language and human body raises host of interesting topics. New approaches to phenomena such as embodiment become possible when body is analyzed, not as isolated entity, but as visible agent whose talk and action are lodged within both processes of human interactio and rich settings where people pursue courses of action that count in their lives. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Comparative Literature

2BW. Survey of Literature: Middle Ages to 17th Century. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1B or 4BW. Study of selected texts from Middle Ages to 17th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Chaucer, Dante, Cervantes, Marguerite de Navarre, Shakespeare, Calderón, Molière, and Racine. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

2CW. Survey of Literature: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century. (5) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1C or 4CW. Study of selected texts from Age of Enlightenment to 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, M. Shelley, Dostoevsky, Kafka, James Joyce, Garcia Marquez, and Jamaica Kincaid. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4AW. Literature and Writing: Antiquity to Middle Ages. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 2AW. Study and discussion of selected texts from antiquity to Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as Iliad, Odyssey, Gilgamesh, Sappho, Greek tragedies, Aeneid, Petronius, Beowulf, or Marie de France. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4BW. Literature and Writing: Middle Ages to 17th Century. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1B or 2BW. Study and discussion of selected texts from Middle Ages to 17th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works and authors such as Chaucer, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Shakespeare, 1001 Nights, Christine de Pizan, Popul Vuh, Molière, and Racine. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4CW. Literature and Writing: Age of Enlightenment to 20th Century. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1C or 2CW. Study and discussion of selected texts from Age of Enlightenment to 20th century, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts may include works by authors such as Swift, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Goethe, M. Shelley, Flaubert, Ibsen, Strindberg, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Kafka, Joyce, Beckett, L. Hughes, and Garcia Marquez. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

4DW. Literature and Writing: Great Books from World at Large. (5) Discussion, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1D or 2DW. Study and discussion of major literary texts usually overlooked in courses that focus only on canon of Western literature, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts from at least three of following areas read in any given term: African, Caribbean, East Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern literature. Texts may include works by authors such as Ngugi, Desai, Kincaid, Emecheta, El Saadawi, Achebe, Pak, Can Xue, Neruda, and Rushdie. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Engineering

183EW. Engineering and Society. (4) (Formerly numbered 183.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, three hours; outside study, five hours. Limited to sophomore/junior/senior engineering students. Professional and ethical considerations in practice of engineering. Impact of technology on society and on development of moral and ethical values. Contemporary environmental, biological, legal, and other issues created by new technologies. Emphasis on research and writing within engineering environments. Writing and revision of about 20 pages total, including two individual technical essays and one teamwritten research report. Readings address technical issues and writing form. Satisfies engineering writing requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

185EW. Art of Engineering Endeavors. (4) (Formerly numbered 185.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, three hours; outside study, five hours. Designed for juniors/senior engineering students. Nontechnical skills and experiences necessary for engineering career success. Importance of group dynamics in engineering practice. Teamwork and effective group skills in engineering environments. Organization and control of multidisciplinary complex engineering projects. Forms of leadership and qualities and characteristics of effective leaders. How engineering, computer sciences, and technology relate to major ethical and social issues. Societal demands on practice of engineering. Emphasis on research and writing in engineering environments. Satisfies engineering writing requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

English

4HW. Critical Reading and Writing (Honors). (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

4W. Critical Reading and Writing. (5) Lecture, four hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Introduction to literary analysis, with close reading and carefully written exposition of selections from principal modes of literature: poetry, prose fiction, and drama. Minimum of four papers (three to five pages each) and two in-class essays. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Honors Collegium

21W. Rise and Fall of Modernism. (6) Seminar, three hours; writing laboratory, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Study of early and middle 20th-century’s attempt to construct significance in a general climate of disillusionment by way of literature, literary criticism, and other intellectual movements. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Nursing

152W. Human Development/Health Promotion in Culturally Diverse Populations. (5) (Formerly numbered 152.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Limited to nursing students. Introduction to primary prevention strategies as they pertain to health and wellness across lifespan, using population-based approach to nursing care of diverse populations. Priorities in nutrition and reproductive health, including issues related to contraception and parenting; well-child care, school-age health, and chronic illness prevention strategies for young- and middle-aged adults; elderly who live independently in communities or within institutions. Analysis of influence of overarching political, societal, and governmental systems within U.S. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (Not approved for GE Foundations)

Russian

25W. Russian Novel in Translation. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 25. Designed for nonmajors. Study of major works by the great 19th-century Russian novelists. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)

Scandinavian

50W. Introduction to Scandinavian Literatures and Cultures. (5) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50. Designed for students in general and for those wishing to prepare for more advanced and specialized studies in Scandinavian literature and culture. Selected works from literatures of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, ranging from myth, national epic, saga, and folktale through modern novel, poem, play, short story, and film, read in English and critically discussed. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading. (GE Foundation — Arts and Humanities: Literary and Cultural Analysis)