(Formerly numbered 122.) Lecture, four hours. Literacy plays significant role in cognition and language, political governance and law, and economic, social, and personal well-being. Exploration of these aspects of literacy and their implications for teaching and learning. Examination of literacy in workplace, healthcare, and community. Consideration of new literacies, interrelationship between literacy and technology, and impact of illiteracy on income and opportunity. Letter grading.