As part of its ongoing effort to explore the strange new worlds of internet technology the Rutgers Writing Program is piloting an innovative section of 201 this Fall. Students who register for 355:201:N2 can opt to take an additional 1.5E credits and learn to publish their research essay on the web.

This course will teach some basic web-building skills as tools that can be used to explore the ways in which our view of the research essay shifts in a hypertextual environment. No web-building skills are expected or required as a pre-requisite for exercising the hypertext option in 201:N2.

201:N2 is offered under the topic of Popular Culture. The worldwide web is a great resource for raw material on artifacts of popular culture, making the section topic a great place to test the bounds of the research essay on a web page. Students who take Popular Culture will learn about theories of popular culture and will use some of those theories to examine aspects of popular culture that interest them. Almost any aspect of popular culture is fair game for a student research essay.

If you intend to register for 201:N2 and exercise the hypertext 1.5E credit option, please inform the 201 Coordinator via email at cripps@rci.rutgers.edu.