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.
4
UnitsOptional
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeDr. 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!!
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.
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!
Choose a good TA, just the important thing for this class.
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
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!