Writing 140:
Writing and Critical Reasoning (4.0 units)
Focuses on analytical and argumentative writing skills requisite to academic and professional writing. Emphasizes logical analysis of texts and other data, effective use of evidence, ethical argumentation, and stylistic and grammatical fluency. Requires concurrent enrollment with an affiliated General Education course in the Social Issues category. Students must achieve a satisfactory score on the verbal portion of the SAT, the USC Writing Examination, or credit for WRIT 120 or 121 bef
- WRIT 140 is offered as a concurrent writing section for the courses listed in General Education, Social Issues (SI). Follow the links below for information about these courses:
- AMST 100gm: Los Angeles and the American Dream
- AMST 101gm: Race and Class in Los Angeles
- AMST 274gm: Exploring Ethnicity Through Film
- ANTH 105g: Culture, Medicine and Politics
- GEOG 257g: Environment and Ethics
- HIST 225g: Film, Power, and American History
- HIST 245gm: Gender and Sexualities in American History
- IR 101xg: International Relations
- JS 211g: The Holocaust
- JS 258g: Food, Faith and Conflict
- LING 115g: Language, Society, and Culture
- PHIL 140g: Contemporary Moral and Social Issues
- POSC 130g: Law, Politics and Public Policy
- REL 140g: Religion and Ethical Issues
- SOCI 142gm: Diversity and Racial Conflict
- SOCI 150gm: Social Problems
- SOCI 155gm: Immigrant America
- SOCI 169gm: Changing Family Forms
- SOCI 210g: Science, Technology, and Social Conflict
- SWMS 210gm: Social Issues in Gender