Description: (Formerly numbered 3DS.) Lecture, three hours; fieldwork, two hours. Enforced requisite: satisfaction of Entry-Level Writing requirement or course 2 or 2I (C or better). Investigation of difference and diversity through writing and rhetoric. Critical examination of structures and institutions that promote asymmetrical power relations as well as responses of diverse groups to these inequalities. Original argumentation that engages with difference and responds to complexities of diverse societies. Service learning adds to understanding of diversity by offering firsthand interactions with diverse communities students are learning about. Completion of 20 hours of on-site service learning and development of critical thinking skills about diversity through classroom discussion focused on readings and service-learning experiences, as well as through reflective and analytical writing and research. Completion of course with grade of C or better satisfies Writing I requirement. Letter grading.

Units: 5.0