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B.S. in Actuarial Science

Otterbein University Course Catalogs

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

INST 1502 - Situated Selves - Writing Intensive

Hours: 3
Foregrounding the studies of literature and writing, exploring identity in a rich range of local and global contexts. Topics may center on interpersonal identities, engaging the intricacies of love, family, or friendship. Or they may examine social categories of identity - gender, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity, age, nation, and more - or investigate cultural constructions of difference. Or they may examine political identities, studying identity in national and transnational frameworks. Subtopics may include “Identity and Intimacy,” “Criminal Identities,” “The Stranger,” “Disaster Narratives,” “Identity and Human Rights,” “Our Monsters, Our Selves,” or “Reading and Writing the Road.” Reading novels, plays, memoirs, essays, poems, or short stories. Expository writing skills are nurtured, as well as reflective, persuasive, imaginative, or autobiographical writing skills, including at least two thesis essays.
Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for INST 1501 or 1503.