An image of the front cover of a Scientific American issue from 1905; the cover shows a skeleton of a man and of a horse mounted for comparison.

Scientific American is a well-known science magazine touted for the quality of its content and its ability to translate complex subject matter for the general public. Students in this course will attempt to do the same through several writing assignments, which includes assessing, revising, and editing these assignments. (This image is in the public domain.)