ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath WDusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional

Offers writing instruction for students with a social science major, including cross-college combined majors. By exploring research literature and reflecting on their own experiences, offers students an opportunity to identify issues of interest and analyze how texts make claims, invoke other social science literature, offer evidence, and deploy key terms. Through analysis and imitation, exposes students to the challenges of the social science project, including the collection of data on human subjects and the ethical presentation of evidence. In a workshop setting, offers students an opportunity to evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Summer B 20231171989%2.0
Fall 20235949599%0.2
Spring 20245929597%0.6
Summer A 20243555796%0.7
Summer B 20242353892%1.5
Fall 20245939598%0.4
Spring 20255889593%1.4
Summer A 20253545795%1.0
Summer B 20252373897%0.5
Fall 202569911487%2.5
Spring 20265899594%1.2

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 36% · T 24% · W 38% · Th 36% · F 17%

Common patterns: async (46% of sections), MWR (27% of sections), TF (15% of sections), MTWR (9% of sections), WF (2% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

ENGL 4710, HSCI 4700, PHTH 4120, PHTH 4515, PHTH 4540

Courses that list ENGW 3308 in their prerequisites.

Links

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