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WRTG 220 - Writing for Wikipedia: Sources, Sentences, & Style

4 credits
Trains students, in partnership with the nonprofit WikiEdu, to be Wikipedia editors and identifies entries that need to be written to help to correct Wikipedia’s race and gender imbalance, or revised to include reliable citations. Students will have the opportunity to consider the responsibility of those who have access to information, learn to evaluate crowd-sourced information, pay attention to what is missing, and conduct research to correct it. Develops information literacy, summary, synthesis, and sentence-level writing skills through public writing. Provides feedback from Wikipedia editors which permits a real-world editing experience. Offers accurate and reliable information that may not be found without access to academic databases or college libraries. Sophomore standing or higher.  CLA-Immersive Experience, CLA-Writing Intensive


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