Writing in Context (WRI)
Description:
Writing in Context: Four courses that enhance students' writing competence and confidence in a variety of knowledge domains. Courses may be taken in any field and at any level.
Guidelines for courses:
- A Writing in Context course helps students write effective prose in a particular community of knowledge.
- A Writing in Context course incorporates writing as a principal and integral part of learning.
- A Writing in Context course must provide instruction in writing and must require students to revise their work in response to instructor feedback.
Intended learning outcomes for students:
Students will demonstrate:
- The ability to write effectively in a form appropriate to a particular disciplinary or interdisciplinary course of study.
- The ability to write as a means for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating.
- The ability to engage in writing as a systematic, iterative process, using flexible strategies for generating drafts, responding to feedback, revising, editing, and proofreading.
Writing in Context requirement complete description - includes committee comments on course guidelines to assist instructors in preparing proposals for GE accreditation
