GWAR Syllabi

GWAR COURSE SYLLABI

Since fall 2008, CWEP has approved 32 courses in 24 departments for GWAR. Some of the syllabi for these approved courses are listed below. Notably, each integrates writing into the entire semester. In particular, these syllabi also describe the following:

Recreation, Parks, Tourism (RPT 660) asks students to write in several professional genres and integrates peer review into the class across the semester.

Sociology (SOC 300) creates student Writing Groups and integrates short writing assignments of many types across the semester.

Health Education (HED 400) stages a major project, the Community Profile, which includes oral presentations and collaborative research groups. Librarians come to HED 400 to help students begin the research necessary for the Profile project; tutors from the Learning Assistance Center also work with students on the drafts of the Profile.

Liberal Studies (LS 300) provides well-defined learning objectives and a sequence of well-defined assignments introducing students to the interdisciplinary work of LS. Writing workshops are integrated into this course. Some of the professors work directly with the tutors from the Learning Assistance Center.

Philosophy (PHIL 320) provides well-defined learning objectives and uses writing to introduce students to philosophical thinking; writing workshops, for example on developing philosophical argument, are integrated directly into the classes.

Urban Studies (URBS 677) is a three-hour seminar which sequences short, low stakes writing about reading throughout the semester and then culminates in a research paper. The professor also uses the final hour of the seminar to work directly on students' writing: through conferencing, peer review, and tutoring (tutors can work in class).

Art (Art 602) involves intensive collaborative projects, research writing, and the use of informal writing inside and outside class. The professor integrates writing and reading into a course about the methods art historians use to study art.

Environmental Studies (ENVS 450) includes detailed advice to students about how to write a research paper in this interdisciplinary course. Professors in this course worked closely with tutors, who designed workshops focused on writing a preliminary abstract of their research.

Child and Adolescent Development (CAD 500) stages a complex research project over the course of the semester. This course uses writing to teach the methods for research design in the discipline.