ENG 258 - Contemporary World Issues

Offered FL
Lecture-3 Lab-2
4 credit hrs/5 contact hrs
Prerequisite: ENG 112 English Composition II with “C” or better [2.0 out of a 4.0 scale] or instructor approval
A writing-intensive, multidisciplinary exploration of current world events that will prepare students to better understand and participate in the democratic process. Students learn about and use a variety of news gathering technologies to rapidly isolate, track, analyze, and interpret emerging issues of global concern and to compose high-level written analyses of world events in appropriate cultural, political, scientific, and economic contexts. The one-hour lab focuses on real-world application of course content to a specific area of student interest in humanitarian computing.