If you are pondering this question, then luckily, you are in the right section! Writing 39B is an undergraduate writing course here at the University of California, Irvine. Each quarter, there is a unique theme that characterizes the type of content that is focused on; for Winter Quarter of 2019, the theme is: Immigration and the American Dream! Thus, during the next ten weeks, this course will be focusing on content related to immigration in the United States and its relation to the ever-so-popular concept of the American Dream. Mediums through which we analyze these contents range from public discourses to academic discourses.

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The goals of Writing 39B are not as simple as one might assume. Of course, as for any writing class, one of the main goals is to learn how to become an effective communicator in any genre given; but in 39B, to become an effective communicator is to become a competent writer, speaker, and critical thinker, not only in writing but in any digital or media platform as well. To aid us, this course focuses on developing our metacognitive skills-- the skills that encourage us to think critically, reflectively, and rhetorically about what we read, write, or speak--our habits of mind (including creativity, curiosity, and openness), collaborative skills, peer review skills, and editing skills. Overall, by the end of the course, we are to have reached a level of writing in which we can efficiently contribute to the academic discourse community as scholars.