This project offers a curriculum for an introductory writing course that is focused on capitalist critique and asks students to think critically about the university and its role in the academic-industrial complex. The curriculum is comprised of three major essays and asks students to engage with a variety of texts that aim to challenge their assumptions regarding the systems of power both in academia and beyond. The project itself includes selections from three major texts for discussion: Capitalist Realism, Manufacturing Consent, and The End of Policing. This project also includes a syllabus, three essay prompts, and an assignment for presenting on a source of the student’s choosing. This curriculum is designed to be updated and have short, current texts woven in throughout. Following the social- epistemic philosophy of writing instruction, the aim of the course this project outlines is to afford students a platform to turn a critical eye toward the very system of power they are being educated in and ultimately not just better writers, but better critical thinkers.
