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:
- AHIS 255g: Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the Modern World
- AMST 101gm: Race and Class in Los Angeles
- AMST 252gm: Black Social Movements in the U.S.
- ANTH 105g: Culture, Medicine and Politics
- ECON 238xgm: Political Economy and Social Issues
- ENST 150xg: Environmental Issues in Society
- GEOG 257g: Environment and Ethics
- HIST 215g: Business and Labor in America
- HIST 225g: Film, Power, and American History
- HIST 240g: The History of California
- HIST 265g: Understanding Race and Sex Historically
- IR 101xg: International Relations
- JS 211g: The Holocaust
- LING 115g: Language, Society, and Culture
- PHIL 135g: Legal Controversies and Ethical Principles
- PHIL 140g: Contemporary Moral and Social Issues
- PHIL 141g: The Professions and the Public Interest in American Life
- POSC 130g: Law, Politics and Public Policy
- POSC 265g: Environmental Challenges
- SOCI 100gm: Los Angeles and the American Dream
- SOCI 150gm: Social Problems
- SOCI 155gm: Immigrant America
- SOCI 169gm: Changing Family Forms
- SOCI 210g: Science, Technology, and Social Conflict
- SOCI 250gm: Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
- SWMS 210gm: Social Issues in Gender