Requirements

Writing Across Audiences and Genres

Short Name: Writing Across Audiences/Genres

Students study and practice writing for multiple public, academic, and professional audiences and contexts. They learn to use writing strategies, conventions, genres, technologies, and modalities (e.g., text, sounds, image, video) to communicate effectively.

As with the previous Core, this requirement will be fulfilled with four writing courses:

  • First-year writing in the English Department | User Code: WF
    • Learning Goals: By the end of the course, students should be able to
          1. Adapt writing for multiple academic, professional, and public occasions and audiences.
          2. Identify and practice writing conventions of various genres.
          3. Identify credible, relevant sources and engage and cite them appropriately in their written work.
          4. Draft, revise, and edit their writing using feedback from readers.
  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines in the English Department (or approved equivalents)  | User Code: WD
    • Learning Goals: By the end of the course, students should be able to
        1. Adapt writing for multiple academic, professional, and public occasions and audiences.
        2. Display familiarity with the writing conventions of genres in an academic field or profession.
        3. Identify credible, relevant sources and engage and cite them appropriately in their written work.
        4. Draft, revise, and edit their writing using feedback from readers
  • Two Writing-Intensive Courses in the Disciplines, which are embedded in the majors.

    Short Name: Writing Intensive | User Code: WI

    • Learning Goals: By the end of the course, students should be able to
        1. Demonstrate facility with the writing conventions of genres in the academic field or profession.
        2. Identify credible, relevant sources and engage and cite them appropriately in their written work.
        3. Draft, revise, and edit their writing using feedback from readers.