CHID 250 B: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

READING AND WRITING WIDELY (VLPA) THIS IS A READING AND WRITING COURSE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS A COURSE IN WHICH WE WILL FOCUS ON WRITING FOR A WIDE AUDIENCE ABOUT VERY COMPLICATED SOCIAL ISSUES. IN THE PAST CENTURY, WRITING ABOUT MANY OF THESE ISSUES WAS USUALLY RESERVED FOR THE SPECIALIST: SCHOLARS, POLITICAL PUNDITS OR COMMENTATORS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS. BUT IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET, EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO WEIGH IN. WE WILL READ AND DISCUSS A HOST OF CONTEMPORARY WRITERS WHO ARE WRITING ESSAYS DEVOTED TO DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING OF SOCIAL ISSUES.