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English 1101 - Freshman Composition I

English 1101 at Georgia Tech is a writing-intensive seminar that gives students the opportunity to read and discuss texts that explore links between science, technology and culture. The seminar format allows for small classes that promote active discussion, extensive collaboration between students, and ample feedback from faculty. Each seminar is organized around some thematic concern reflecting faculty areas of interest and specialization. Recent topics have included biotechnology, mass media, visual culture, electronic communication, philosophy of science, and urban and spatial design. These themes are examined through the interpretive lens of cultural studies. Cultural Studies, an intellectual tradition that gained currency in the late twentieth century, seeks to investigate the social and political context of everyday life. Specifically, the 1101 seminars at Georgia Tech focus on the ways that technology has shaped modern experience, created dramatic new avenues for the production of media and information, and transformed everyday economic, social and political relationships.

English 1101 at Georgia Tech is a rigorous course intended to further develop student skills in critical reading and writing. Students are expected to participate actively in classroom discussions, design critical and creative presentations in collaboration with fellow classmates, and generate polished scholarly interpretations of course readings. Throughout the course, students create a diverse body of electronic and conventional writing to demonstrate their critical and rhetorical proficiency. In addition to becoming familiar with fundamental issues informing the cultural studies of science and technology, this course enables students to develop critical reading, writing, analytic and communication skills on which they will rely in their upper level science and engineering courses.

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