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The course starts with a broad discussion of trauma studies across neural, somatic and socio-political domains. It pays particular attention to how writers, philosophers, neuroscientists and psychologists shifted away from thinking of trauma as individual experiences of exceptional disaster to seeing it as a generalized, everyday condition of modern society. Set textswill be drawn mainly from modern literature, all of which engages with disturbing material. In place of the standard trigger warning, the course offers an opportunity to practice trauma-informed somatic experiencing techniques.

Prerequisites: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
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Sowon Park
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ENGL 170TS Park S Spring 2025 Total: 37
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170TS . Park S 6 Months Ago

Dr. Park is a gem of a professor and a human being. She cares so deeply, provides thought provoking material, as well as the space to deal with it in. This class can be what you make it, you'll probably pass with minimal work but thats just doing yourself a disservice. Go to her office hours!! Engage with the material and bring your own questions!!

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ENG171 . Park S 5 Months Ago

Professor Park is an amazing professor. She is so engaging and her lectures are always eye-opening. As an English major, yes, the neuroscience content was difficult to grasp at first but definitely doable. Study for midterm, go to lecture, and take really good notes. Highly recommend this class.

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ENG171 . Park S 7 Months Ago

Amazing professor! She definitely cares so much about this topic and this class and I found it really enlightening to learn from her. Class is based on test midterm, final essay, and participation, all easy to achieve good scores on if you do the work. Midterm is all covered in the quizlet that gets passed around so isn't too bad. So captivating!

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ENG171 . Park S 8 Months Ago

Choose a good TA, just the important thing for this class.

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ENG171 . Park S 8 Months Ago

ENGL171NH was a super interesting course imo. Dr. Park made the material easier to understand and I definitely learned a lot through the class. Also, the midterm was not too hard (there is room to get a few wrong and still get 100%) and the final was pretty interesting to write

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ENG171 . Park S 8 Months Ago

Super sweet and passionate lecturer. The class was extremely interesting. She clearly knew what she was talking about and did her best to explain some complex concepts. Grade is based on attendance, neuroanatomy midterm, and a final paper. I'd love to take another of her classes if offered!

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