ENGL 100
Introduction to Special Topics and Genres
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity, with primary focus on literature. Through examination of institutions that form understanding of race--citizenship, nationalism, class, gender, and labor--interrogation of how we come to think of ourselves and others as having race, and effects of such racialized thinking. Course is not about any particular racial or ethnic group, but highlights creation of ethnic categories and their effects on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Winter 2025 - Ways of Reading Race - I'm not an English major, so I didn't know what to expect taking this class. The readings were really interesting. Each week focuses on different communities/subculture and we go into theory about identification and a lot of the class makes you think about behaviors that are often subconscious. The class was two papers and a final project (instead of a final exam). I'd recommend checking in with the TA and talking about your paper before writing it to make sure that you're answering the question since the rubric sometimes felt a little vague.
Winter 2025 - Ways of Reading Race - I'm not an English major, so I didn't know what to expect taking this class. The readings were really interesting. Each week focuses on different communities/subculture and we go into theory about identification and a lot of the class makes you think about behaviors that are often subconscious. The class was two papers and a final project (instead of a final exam). I'd recommend checking in with the TA and talking about your paper before writing it to make sure that you're answering the question since the rubric sometimes felt a little vague.
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Spring 2019 - Easiest class ever taken at UCLA with the nicest professor ever. Seriously, Professor Torres is so kind and passionate about what he's teaching and he's really approachable. You never have to go to lecture because the slides are always posted and the information is always common sense (but sometimes I go anyway because he's so nice that I feel bad for skipping). We originally were supposed to have 1 group project due week 8ish, 1 individual paper due week 10, and a take-home final. The professor ended up shifting the group project due date to week 10 and canceling the individual paper. The take-home final is ridiculously easy and is more reflective (how did this class affect you, etc) than information-based. ***SELLING "Keywords for American Cultures" 2nd Edition for $25, lightly annotated in 2-3 pages! TEXT @ *************
Spring 2019 - Easiest class ever taken at UCLA with the nicest professor ever. Seriously, Professor Torres is so kind and passionate about what he's teaching and he's really approachable. You never have to go to lecture because the slides are always posted and the information is always common sense (but sometimes I go anyway because he's so nice that I feel bad for skipping). We originally were supposed to have 1 group project due week 8ish, 1 individual paper due week 10, and a take-home final. The professor ended up shifting the group project due date to week 10 and canceling the individual paper. The take-home final is ridiculously easy and is more reflective (how did this class affect you, etc) than information-based. ***SELLING "Keywords for American Cultures" 2nd Edition for $25, lightly annotated in 2-3 pages! TEXT @ *************
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