Literature, Technology, and Culture

Course Description

EGR 201 focuses on human endeavors in science as refracted through literature. The course brings together two distinct traditions: the study of literature and the practice of technical communication. The course operates from several assumptions: (1) that imaginative treatments of technological subjects offer powerful, useful, and even needed critical perspectives, (2) that authors and engineers both work from written conventions – genres and other tropes – that frame knowledge, (3) that writers benefit from scrutiny of generic conventions, and (4) that creative play with conventional literary genres can inspire engineers to “think outside the box,” to think creatively about their own designs and projects and about innovative ways of presenting their work. Prereq: Students must have successfully completed the first course in the General Education Communication sequence (or its transfer equivalent) and must have completed at least 30 hours of course work.

Code

EGR 201

Credits

3

Subject

Engineering

Programs That Include This Course

• Bachelor's Bachelor of Science in Community and Leadership Development