ENGW 3309 — Advanced Writing in the Humanities
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath WDusually offered: fall, springBostonOnlineOnlineTraditional
Offers writing instruction for students with a humanities major, including cross-college combined majors. By exploring critical literature and reflecting on their own experiences, offers students an opportunity to identify issues of interest and analyze how texts make claims, invoke primary and secondary texts, offer evidence, and deploy key terms. Through analysis and imitation, exposes students to the challenges of the humanities project, including the framing of interpretive questions and the presentation of textual 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
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 63% | 7.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 95% | 1.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 79% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 95% | 1.0 |
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 46% · T 0% · W 46% · Th 46% · F 0%
Common patterns: async (54% of sections), MWR (46% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Thomas Akbari (59% of students) · reviews
- Jeremy Bushnell (41% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Thomas Akbari (65% of students) · reviews
- Jeremy Bushnell (35% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
Courses that list ENGW 3309 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (ENGW course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ENGW courses · Plan it at numap.app