FA 2022 | RCCORE 100 - First Year Seminar | Section 008 - Narratives of Confinement, Narratives of Liberation

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RCCORE 100 - First Year Seminar

Fall 2022, Section 008 - Narratives of Confinement, Narratives of Liberation

Instruction Mode: Section 008 is In Person (see other Sections below)

Subject: RC Core Courses (RCCORE)

Department: LSA Residential College

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Credits:

Requirements & Distribution:

FYWR

Consent:

With permission of department.

Advisory Prerequisites:

SWC Writing Assessment. Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor.

Repeatability:

May not be repeated for credit.

Primary Instructor:

Pickus, Becca

Start/End Date:

Full Term 8/29/22 - 12/9/22 (see other Sections below)

NOTE: Drop/Add deadlines are dependent on the class meeting dates and will differ for full term versus partial term offerings.
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Description

When Malcolm X was incarcerated in 1946 at age 20, he was functionally illiterate. By painstakingly copying page after page of the dictionary, however, he taught himself to read, ultimately proclaiming, “Months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life.”

In this first year writing seminar, we will explore varied manifestations of confinement/oppression and liberation/freedom. Together, we will ask: What are ways that people experience physical, emotional, linguistic, and/or social confinement? How do individuals, systems, and structures directly and indirectly confine, marginalize, and oppress, and how do individuals and communities use art, activism, education and storytelling as resistance? Finally, how can we leverage narratives - others’ as well as our own - as tools for liberation?

We will engage with work by Chimamanda Adichie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Amy Tan, Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Malcolm X, among others, exploring and analyzing not only the content of their work but also the rhetorical strategies they use to convey their arguments. Students will develop and hone college-level writing skills through short weekly writing assignments; 2-3 major essays; regular peer reviews; and substantive essay revisions.

Schedule

RCCORE 100 - First Year Seminar

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Class Instruction Mode

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Section:

001 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

13295

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

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Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

3:00PM - 5:00PM

B814 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

002 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

25438

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 5:30PM

1423 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

003 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

20998

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

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Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

2:30PM - 4:00PM

1508 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

004 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

21613

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

8:30AM - 10:00AM

1507 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

006 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

21614

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 5:30PM

B814 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

007 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

15078

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

8:30AM - 10:00AM

1512 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

008 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

25439

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

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Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 5:30PM

B804 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

009 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

21002

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

2:30PM - 4:00PM

B424 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

010 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

17744

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 5:30PM

1511 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

011 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

16631

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Open Restricted Seats:

RC Ugrd

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 5:30PM

1512 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

012 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

16120

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Closed

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

4:00PM - 5:30PM

1512 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

013 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

19300

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Meeting Day/Time/Location:

4:00PM - 5:30PM

1508 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

014 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

23379

Enroll Stat:

Closed

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Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

8:30AM - 10:00AM

B804 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

015 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

23380

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

4:00PM - 5:30PM

1511 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

Section:

016 (SEM)

Instruction Mode:

In Person

Class No:

33070

Enroll Stat:

Closed

Open Seats:

Open Restricted Seats:

Wait List:

Meeting Day/Time/Location:

TuTh

4:00PM - 5:30PM

B852 EQ

8/29/22 - 12/9/22

Note: Class is reserved for incoming Residential College students only.

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