ENGL CC/GS1010 – University Writing is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.
For information about registering for University Writing, please refer to the College Bulletin, Engineering Bulletin, or General Studies Bulletin, and consult your advising dean.
DIRECTOR OF THE UNDERGRADUATE WRITING PROGRAM | UNDERGRADUATE WRITING PROGRAM OFFICE |
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Nicole B. Wallack
Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of English 310 Philosophy Hall (212) 854-3886 | 310 Philosophy Hall (212) 854-3886 |
Essays Students Will Write
- Students analyze a single text.
- Students put multiple texts in conversation with one another.
- Students make a researched argument using 8-10 sources.
- Students write an op-ed for a publication with a wide audience.
To read student essays from the course, see The Morningside Review.
Courses of Instruction
University Writing focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:
- UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
- UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
- UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, cc/GS1010.2xx
- UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
- UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx (sharing 400s with Human Rights)
- UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx (sharing 500s with Data & Society)
- UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
- UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
- UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
- University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx