Open Educational Resources
Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
2026
Abstract
This is an Open Educational Resources (OER) syllabus for ENG 2100 - Writing 1 - Writing as Being. In this course, students will examine how their identities and communities shape their understanding of themselves and the world around them—how it affects the way they move and think in the spaces they occupy. Through the usage of personal narrative and critical writing, the students will study how language, culture, community, and socio-historical contexts influence their ways of knowing and being. Then, they will utilize these influences—the very systems that affect them in tremendous ways—to write themselves into being. All course materials, including academic readings, documentaries, podcasts, videos, and digital resources, are openly licensed or freely accessible.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
CUNY OER Funding
CUNY OER Initiative
Comments
Funded in part by the CUNY OER Initiative. Created as part of the Open Knowledge Fellowship, a program of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library.