Writing and reading in disciplines across the academy, focusing on practices that research disciplines share and those that differentiate them. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Key principles of writing and communication and issues currently debated in the field of Writing Studies. The role of writing and communication in making knowledge, constructing identity, and exercising power. Restricted to students with second year standing or above.
Critical and practical questions about how discourse communities construct and mobilize knowledge. The evaluation of knowledge as information/misinformation. How the evaluation of information is shaped by discursive contexts, rhetorical goals, and communication forms. Prerequisite: One of ASTU 100, ASTU 101, WRDS 150, WRDS 350.
Creation of multimodal texts, including audio, visual, and alphabetical modes, for different audiences, purposes, and contexts. Examines the impact of digital technologies on writers' considerations of purpose, audience, design, accessibility and ethics. Restricted to students with at least third year standing. Prerequisite: 3 credits from one of WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196, Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101, CAP 100, CAP 101.
An advanced scholarly research and writing course that allows students to build on their existing knowledge of academic research and writing practices by studying specific features of scholarly writing relevant to their own interests and disciplines. Prerequisite: Restricted to students with at least 3rd-year standing. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Rhetorical purposes, moves and features of new media genres that use or transform research for public audiences. Provides opportunities for students to analyze, critically assess, and produce these genres themselves. Restricted to students with third year standing or above. Prerequisites: 3 credits from one of Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101, WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196.
Examines how marginalized groups are positioned in research writing. Focuses on the role of power, knowledge, and ethics in shaping language features and textual structures of research writing. Prerequisite: Third year standing and 3 credits from one of WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196, Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101.
Explores Disability theories, to understand their connections to writing and discourse studies. Prerequisite: Third year standing and 3 credits from one of WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196, Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101.
Critical assessment of approaches to writing and communication. Key principles of the field applied to public and professional domains relevant to students future work, studies, service, or work. Restricted to students enrolled in the Minor in Writing and Communication. Prerequisite: WRDS 200. and 6 credits of WRDS courses at the 300-or 400-level
Writing processes and strategies conducive to developing larger, long-term research projects into genres of writing intended to publicly engage with scholars, activists, and intellectuals. Restricted to students with third year standing or above. Prerequisite: 3 credits from one of WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196, Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101.
In-depth study of selected topics in Writing Studies. Topics vary year-by-year. Restricted to students with third-year standing or higher. Prerequisite: 3 credits from one of WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196, Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101, CAP 100, CAP 101
Individual project on a topic of interest in Writing Studies, completed under the guidance and supervision of a UBC faculty member with relevant expertise. Restricted to students with third-year standing or higher and approval from the WRDS Chair. Prerequisite: 3 credits from one of WRDS 150, WRDS 350, ENGL 100, SCIE 113, SCIE 300, CHEM 300, APSC 176, LFS 150, FRST 150, COMM 196, Arts One, ASTU 100, ASTU 101, CAP 100, CAP 101.