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Second Writing Course Criteria
Scope
A proposal should identify an existing course or propose a new course with the following features:
- Has these prerequisites: English 101 and 30 credits
- Caps enrollment at 25
- Carries a minimum of 3 credits
- Includes instruction in how to write academic discourse about a particular academic topic or domain such as the sciences, humanities, arts, etc.
- Includes writing as at least 75% of the final letter grade, including both formal and informal writing products
- Needs to provide opportunities for revising
- May be a stand-alone course or offered as part of a link or sequence of courses
Learning Outcomes
A Writing II course should address all of the following four categories with an emphasis on at least one of the outcomes in each category.
- Rhetorical Knowledge
- Demonstrate understanding of basic rhetorical concepts such as audience and purpose
- Demonstrate understanding of how to write for various academic audiences and purposes
- Synthesize multiple perspectives in writing for an audience of non-specialists
- Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
- Demonstrate understanding of interactions among critical reading, critical thinking, and writing
- Show evidence of evaluating sources using established criteria
- Incorporate evidence in presenting reasoned claims
- Integrate own ideas with those of others
- Processes
- Employ advanced search strategies in framing and answering academic questions using library/field sources
- Show understanding of how to generate, construct, and present arguments
- Show understanding of multi-drafting, revision, and reflection
- Demonstrate use of flexible strategies for generating, revising, proofreading and editing
- Demonstrate ability to prepare an oral presentation based on an academic paper
- Knowledge of Conventions
- Demonstrate knowledge of common formats for a variety of academic texts
- Demonstrate knowledge of specialized vocabulary
- Show control of features such as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Demonstrate ability to use academic conventions in documenting work
Proposal Development
Proposals must clearly demonstrate that the course content and assessment methods will foster the specified learning outcomes. Resources including examples of assessment methods and writing rubrics will be available online to faculty as they design their courses. |
