College Writing: Writing On Aging

3 units

Half of the current students' generation will see their hundredth birthdays. This astonishing shift in demographics is one that affects each of us as individuals, as members of families, and as citizens. This writing course takes aging as its theme, sharpening our critical thinking through such practices as analysis, argumentation, and research while asking the following questions: How will we negotiate the changing goals and life circumstances that accompany a century of life? How will new technologies change how we live as individuals and as a society? How will our experiences and those who go before us shift how we imagine the possibilities open to our future selves? We will read essayists, critics, and theorists tackling these problems. In turn, we will engage our new longer future through our own creative and critical responses as well. THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE FIRST-YEAR WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL DIVISIONS.