WRTG 211: Writing and the Humanities introduces writing strategies and processes for reading and responding to rhetorical situations across a variety of public and academic contexts related to the humanities.

Instructional Goals

• Introduce students to critical, reflective and theoretical reading and research strategies for study in the humanities.

• Provide students with sustained practice in the major types of academic writing in the humanities.

• Introduce students to the techniques for discussing and contributing to the full range of debates in the humanities.

• Enable students to see how the study of the humanities relates to life in Alaska.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Interpret texts and data by applying theoretical frameworks from the humanities.

• Demonstrate consistent use of a broad range of conventions and genres that conform to the goals of writing in the humanities.

• Frame an issue for an established audience, engage divergent perspectives on that issue, and contribute to an ongoing conversation in the humanities.

• Apply an understanding of writing in the humanities to the uniqueness of Alaskan or Pacific Rim perspectives.