Writing and Rhetoric: Food for Thought

3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-HW · Undergraduate

Explores social and ethical issues (e.g., nutrition, sustainability, and justice) that surround food as both material fact and personal and cultural symbol. Assignments include a food memoir and a policy argument for MIT Dining, and involve brainstorming, drafting, peer review, and revision. Students learn rhetorical strategies for analyzing written and visual texts, developing persuasive arguments, and synthesizing information from primary sources. Limited to 15.