W2 Course Proposal Form

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(eg. jdoe@bucknell.edu)

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This checklist has two purposes: to verify that a proposed course meets criteria for W1/W2 courses and to record practices in the teaching of writing. Questions on the checklist are keyed to criteria adopted by the faculty in May, 1983 and revised and reapproved in April, 2006.

For the Composition Council charged with approving courses for W2 designation, the checklist serves efficiently as 1) an index to relevant information in course descriptions and syllabi, 2) a basis for further questions and answers, if needed, toward helping all proposed courses meet the criteria and 3) a source of information-sharing about varied methods and practices in W courses.

1. Criterion #1 calls for reinforcing the development of writing skills by frequent instruction according to the teacher's chosen methods. What methods will you use? Please check all applicable responses.

Classroom workshops Individual or group conferences Instructor's oral responses to student papers
Required revisions Peer response (in or out of class) Instructor's written responses to student papers
Other (please specify below)

Classroom discussion of writing strategies

Assigned readings on writing strategies

 

 

2. Criterion #2 calls for teaching writing as a process that consists of planning, composing, revising and editing. How will your course teach writing as a process (for example, by helping students understand the writing task; by sharing invention strategies and/or research strategies; by promoting techniques such as free writing, reflexive writing [i.e., writing about the writing task], or using a reverse outline; by providing opportunities for revision based on feedback on drafts; by teaching proofreading strategies; etc.)?

Planning:

Composing:

Revising:

Editing:

 

 

3. Criterion #3 calls for teaching writing strategies and the related research methods appropriate to your discipline. How will you reinforce the strategies for writing expected in your field?

 

 

 

4. Criterion #4 calls for frequent and substantial writing, either in multiple assignments or in preparation for one large assignment. How often will your students write?

 

 

5. Criterion #5 calls for writing to enable the acquisition and retention of information and ideas, requiring students to put course information into their own words to explore, internalize, and synthesize the subject matter. This kind of writing should occur in addition to finished, graded work. How will your students use non-graded writing to explore course content and to develop their understanding? Examples include free writing, journals, abstracts, question formulations, short answers to prepared questions, and non-graded drafts of papers, reports, essays and term projects.

 

 

6. How much time will be devoted to writing instruction?

7. Is your course cross-listed?

yes

no

When you have completed this form to your satisfaction, please click below to submit.
If you wish to include a Microsoft Word document, such as a syllabus or assignment, with your proposal, please attach it to an e-mail message to wcourse@bucknell.edu.