College Writing Seminar (UCWR)
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UCWR 109 University Core Writing Seminar: Writing Responsibly Writing Lab (6 Credit Hours)
Writing Lab for UCWR 110 Writing Responsibly. This workshop-based course supports the academic writing students are working on in UCWR 110. Will cover steps of brainstorming, peer review, revision, and final editing in order to articulate, organize, and support positions. The course will promote grammatical, compositional, methodological, and rhetorical skills in service of effective communication. Enrollment Conditions: Students placed in this course by WPA score of 109/110.
Knowledge Area: Writing Seminar
Students will develop writing strategies including generating ideas, peer review, and revision; They will gain a fuller understanding of grammar, compositional, and rhetorical skills and how these benefit their success in the core UCWR 110 Writing Responsibly course
Outcomes
Students will develop writing strategies including generating ideas, peer review, and revision; They will gain a fuller understanding of grammar, compositional, and rhetorical skills and how these benefit their success in the core UCWR 110 Writing Responsibly courseUCWR 110 Writing Responsibly (3 Credit Hours)
Writing Responsibly instructs students in the conventions of academic writing. Students will develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, and editing their writing and will receive instruction in how to write clear, error free prose. Students will learn responsibility to their readers, responsibility to their sources, and responsibility to themselves as writers.
Knowledge Area: Writing Seminar
Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, and communicating; Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources to clearly formulate a claim; Respond appropriately to different audiences and different rhetorical situations; Develop strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading; Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise work; Use standard written English clearly and effectively