COLWRIT 52E
AI, Culture, and Controversies
Given its accelerating expansion into culture and society, are we prepared for the changes AI will bring? In this course we consider the breadth, impact, benefits, and dangers of AI. Interactive online discussion – along with reading, video, and writing assignment will help students examine topics and improve academic English skills. This course is partially intended non-native English speakers, but all students are welcome.
Topics
- Students will: 1. gain a sense of the growing ubiquitousness of AI, learning to reflect on AI-related personal and shared experiences, describing and evaluating AI’s reality, potential benefits, and incipient dangers; 2. expand academic and specialized English vocabulary, enabling well-considered articulate discussion of innovative technology and AI-related issues; 3. review and improve knowledge and usage of syntax and grammar, working extensively with related verb tense and modal verb shifts; 4. hone critical thinking skills: analysis, evaluation, speculation and inference.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027