COMP 390A - Topics in Composition

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Description:

Topic: Working Class Cultures. Students will analyze representations of working-class culture from literary texts, popular culture, and interdisciplinary scholarship and research. Through the study of these various representations, students will debate competing definitions and consider what it means to identify as "working-class" in the "classless" society of the U.S. In this writing intensive course, students will design and implement a research project, maintain a blog (a "web log") about their responses to course content, and complete several other writing assignments. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Language,Culture&Communication Department Course Attributes: Upper Division

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umich.edu

Phone Number:

(734) 764-1817

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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