FYW-1133 Can We Make Sense of the 60s?

An introduction to college writing that focuses on American history in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. Through writing and revision, students will critically analyze conflicting forces that shaped American life. With careful staging of assignments, they will complete a research project on a topic of choice, such as on a key individual or international crisis of the era, the civil rights movement, the emergence of the environmental crusade, or on the protest tradition. 4 credits.