Writing Across the Curriculum: Intro to Writing in the Stockton Curriculum for Preceptors and Teachers Fall 2014

Communication skills are one of Stockton’s Essential Learning Outcomes (ELO) O Oral communication O Written communication O Multimedia communication Listening/Reading/Viewing/Speaking/Writing/Designing

Communication includes O Awareness of audience and purpose, including communicating with people outside the classroom O Ability to summarize, synthesize, integrate, analyze sources O Ability to organize information O Oral delivery skills O Integrating visuals O Standard edited English

Communication is taught across the curriculum O First time freshmen students at Stockton students work on oral and written communication in their first year seminar and take one W1 class their first year O All Stockton students must earn a C or better in 1 W1 course and 3 W1 or W2 courses. W2 classes cannot be transferred into Stockton. O One of the W1 or W2 classes students take must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

W1 vs. W2 O W1, Writing is Primary —the class is about writing. Usually, writing should be in the title. On the IDEA, faculty would say that developing communication skill is essential. O W2, writing is Secondary. The class includes instruction in writing and 30% or more of a student’s grade is based on writing, but the class is about something else. On the IDEA, faculty would say communication is important or essential

Who teaches W1 courses? Core Writing Program faculty, housed in First Year Studies in General Studies, teach many writing classes. Many W1 courses are also offered through Literature faculty, by Pam Cross, and by faculty across the curriculum

First Year writing courses College Writing Rhetoric and Composition Argument and Persuasion Intro to Research These are heavily taught by adjuncts. We welcome faculty across the disciplines. If you are interested in teaching one, talk to Emari DiGiorgio (Fall 2014-Spring 2016).

Sample W1 courses across the curriculum Humor Writing/Writing Screenplays/Why Poetry Matters/Professional Writing and Design/Writing about Nature/Writing about Family/Public Relations and Advertising Writing/Grant Writing/Writing for the Health Professions/Creative Writing

Writing minor O Students who take 5 W1 courses, including a capstone class, and meet other requirements, can earn a minor in Writing. O If you are interested in teaching a W1, contact Judy Copeland (Fall Spring 2016).

We need your help, W2 O Hundreds of W2 courses are taught at Stockton by faculty across the disciplines. O In these courses, students further develop their writing skills. O YOU can teach these courses: Algebraic Problem Solving, Experimental Psychology, Ornithology, and more.

To teach a W2 O Complete an application and send it to the Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator (Heather McGovern, Fall 2014-Spring 2016), for review by the Writing Advisory Council. O Include a policy statement/syllabus and sample assignment O We look for writing with feedback, guidance for students, multiple writing opportunities for students

Who needs to apply to teach a W2 O Anyone teaching any course as a W2 for the first time, even if you’ve previously taught other courses with a W2 or if others have previously taught this course as a W2. O No courses are intrinsically W2—each course/instructor combination needs approval O In contrast, W1 course approval goes with the course, rather than the instructor/course combination.

Resources for faculty and students O Want help teaching writing or designing a writing class? Talk to me or the appropriate writing coordinator. O Use the Writing Center and Pam Cross as a resource for your students. O Use the Purdue OWL

Stockton Resources o How to propose a W1 or W2: General Studies websiteGeneral Studies website o Writing Program Core Faculty: Judy Copeland, Emari DiGiorgio, GT Lenard, Heather McGovern, plus Jack Connor (retiring spring 2015), Penny Dugan (retiring spring 2015), John O’Hara, First Year Studies, and Pam Cross, Coordinator of the Writing Center o Writing Program Website, or search “writing” on the Stockton website Writing Program Website