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

"WRITING IN PUBLIC IN TURBULENT TIMES" THE AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TWO- FOLD. FIRST, THIS COURSE WILL DEVELOP YOUR ABILITIES TO CREATIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY ADOPT AND ADAPT A RANGE OF PUBLIC-FACING GENRES, FROM SOCIAL MEDIA TO OP- EDS TO PODCASTS. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS CLASS FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR WRITING FOR MULTIPLE AUDIENCES TO ADVANCE A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. SECOND, THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE SPECIFICITY OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN THE CURRENT MOMENT, I.E., IN TURBULENT TIMES. TO WRITE EFFECTIVELY IN THIS MOMENT, WE WILL INTERROGATE THE THEORETICAL CONCEPT OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE AS WELL AS SITUATE AND HISTORICIZE CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DEBATES. THE ULTIMATE AIM? TO WRITE OUR WAY TO SOCIAL CHANGE. VIA REMOTE LEARNING