ENGL 202AEffective Writing: Writing in the Social Sciences
ENGL 202A introduces students to the types of writing that social scientists typically do in the workplace, including research proposals, proper citation practices, literature reviews, and research reports. In discussing writing and writing activities, this class will focus on some of the more common forms of social science research - among them, experiments, interviews, observations, and surveys. Students will learn to formulate ideas and create coherent pieces of writing from the research they have conducted and read about. In short, this course will introduce students to a variety of writing and research strategies from which they can begin to develop their own identity as a social scientist. (A student may take only one course for credit from ENGL 202A , 202B , 202C , and 202D .)
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “ENGL 15 or ENGL 15A or ENGL 15S or ENGL 15E or ESL 15 or ENGL 30H or ENGL 30T or ENGL 137H or CAS 137H and 4th Semester”
General education
Writing & Speaking (GWS)
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Spring (77 programs).
Required in (6)
- Economics, B.A. (Behrend)
- Elementary Education, B.El.Ed.
- Psychology, B.S. (Capital)
- Psychology, B.S. (Liberal Arts)
- Social Work, B.S.W.
- Sociology, B.S. (Capital)
One of the options in (12)
- Community, Environment, and Development, B.S.
- History, B.A. (Behrend)
- Human Capital Management, B.S.
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (Abington)
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (Altoona)
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (Behrend)
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (Berks)
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (Capital)
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (Liberal Arts)
- Multidisciplinary Studies, A.A. (University College)
- Psychology, B.A. (Behrend)
- Psychology, B.S. (Behrend)