First Year Writing (FYW)
Description:
First Year Writing: A course (GE 111), taken in the first year, that equips students for effective writing in the liberal arts and introduces writing as a means of learning.
Guidelines for courses:
- A first year writing course helps students write effective prose for the generally educated reader.
- A first year writing course gives sustained attention to writing as an ongoing process. Students must write and revise frequently, and must confer at least twice with the instructor during the course of the semester.
- A first year writing course introduces essential tools for research, including library and internet resources.
- A first year writing course may include a topical focus.
Intended learning outcomes for students:
Students will demonstrate:
- The ability to write effectively in a variety of forms for the generally-educated reader.
- The ability to engage in writing as a systematic, iterative process, using flexible strategies for generating drafts, responding to feedback, revising, editing, and proofreading.
- Proficiency in using research to support critical inquiry, including the ability to identify, evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and document appropriate sources.
