Students with a range of ambitions will explore how their writing can accomplish in-the-world goals and change their communities for the better. Many of the reading and writing assignments will be student-chosen based on their areas of interest and expertise, and tailored to their needs as emerging educated voices in society. After this course, students will be able to recognize a problem or social need and use their literacy knowledges to create the change they want to see in the world.

The course will do this by 1) taking the writing and communication knowledge students already have and transforming them into definable and applicable skills and 2) challenging students to interrogate their own thinking, learning, and writing practices.