Course description
The purpose of this course is to explore how autobiography and memoir can help us connect to the times, places, and people that matter to us. Students will be introduced to a selection of storytelling traditions, frameworks, devices, and techniques for written, oral, and visual narratives. Students will learn how to experience, appreciate, and analyze life stories from diverse cultures and communities, and will also practice telling stories from their own lives in the service of achieving their personal and professional goals
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Spring 2026 registration opens March 2, 2026.Fall 2026 registration opens June 29, 2026.
Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery