ENG 485 - Literary Journalism and Applied Narrative Knowledge (1-3)

Prerequisite: ENG 285 or permission.

This course builds on the introduction to creative nonfiction in ENG 285 by providing a platform for storytellers to apply their narrative knowledge beyond the classroom. Students will craft the story of their experiential learning while contributing to a range of English Department outreach programs. This field experience will prompt students to evaluate the extent and meaning of their human skills as necessary equipment for living and working with artificial intelligence (AI) in the future. They will collaborate with AI to conceive story-based service activities that explore the link between human and machine, its complex impact on individual autonomy and identity, and the potential of this hybrid to inspire new views of self that weaken boundaries like gender, geography, race, and more.