Writing Intensive Designation

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Course Prerequisite(s):

EN105 Prerequisite: Y N (please check one)	Course syllabus attached

Course Description (as it appears in the College Catalogue)

Statement on Writing

At Saint Anselm College, writing is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge in the tradition of the liberal arts. The College Writing Program offers students the opportunity to develop written communication skills across and within disciplines. In concert with Freshman English, Writing Intensive courses emphasize writing as a process. Writing Intensive courses in all disciplines do not simply require more writing than other courses do; they provide students with specific writing instruction and embed writing tasks into the course structure to enhance students’ learning of material. These courses expose students to conventions of various genres; encourage students to develop clear, cogent, and persuasive language; and require students to write frequently and with respect for their audience. In their writing for these courses, students adhere to academic standards and disciplinary expectations.

Writing Intensive Criteria

Please describe how the proposed course will fulfill each of the following criteria.

Students are required to write 3000 total words shared among two or more assignments, which may include informal and formal writing.

The evaluated writing assignments in the course will count as 20% or more toward a student’s final grade.

The faculty member devotes class time to explicit writing instruction (to the degree appropriate to the course, assignments, and disciplines). For research assignments in Writing Intensive courses, the faculty member provides instruction in use of sources and documentation.

The faculty member provides feedback on a student’s written work. Because that feedback is aimed at helping students improve their skills in writing, some of the feedback should occur during the process of writing.

The course emphasizes writing as a process that includes drafting, outlining/organizing, peer-editing, conferencing with the instructor, revising, and/or editing among the required steps for at least some of the written work.

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Signature of Department Chairperson	Date

Approved by Committee on	__________________________________________	_________
College Writing	Signature of Committee Chairperson	Date

Approved by Dean of the College	__________________________________________	_________
Signature of Dean	Date

The Committee on College Writing plans to provide support for both students and faculty with the help of the CTE and the ARC. We would like to develop the support you are most interested in. Would you please indicate your preferences below?

Instructional Support (CTE Workshops, faculty mentoring, group discussions, conferences, webinars).

Check those that would be most helpful to you.

Designing assignments

Evaluating Student Writing

Integrating writing-as-a-process into the course

Providing feedback on student writing

Providing instruction in grammar/mechanics

Using peer-review in the course

Using Writing-to-Learn assignments

Other areas in which you'd like faculty development or support:

Support for students:

Check those that would be most helpful to you.

Discipline-specific library orientation

Group sessions with Writing Center peer assistants

One-on-one work with peer-assistants

Occasional Writing Center peer-assistant help in the classroom

Faculty-led writing in the discipline workshop

Other types of support:

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Jane Vendituoli

Saint Anselm College