This course is focused on professional writing in the field of international studies, with an emphasis on contemporary global issues.
Classes address the complicated discourse conventions of interdisciplinary writing and research.
Our approach to this vast subject will be thematic, with particular attention to cultural, economic, political, and social patterns that appear in conflicts and institutions throughout the world. We will investigate through different forms of writing a number of specific issues in various geographical regions and cultures. The writing forms include analytic and interpretive essays of major course themes, analysis and evaluation of arguments and evidence, development of rhetorical strategies and use of evidence to construct a position, and investigating a global issue that requires primary and secondary research. The course will culminate in a piece of professional writing intended for a scholarly journal or collection of essays on global issues. The course will be taught as a writing workshop that emphasizes developing the writing process for individual students enrolled in International Studies 77.