The request to create UWRT prefix and revise ENGL 1100, 1101, 1102, and 1103 to the new prefix

Date: February 19, 2014
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: February 3, 2014
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Summer 2014

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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ENGL UWRT 1100. Supplemental Writing for English Language Learners. (3) Corequisite: ENGL UWRT 1101. Limited to students whose primary language is not English who may need additional support while concurrently enrolled in a designated section of ENGL UWRT 1101. Does not count toward an English major or toward the General Education requirement. Students may not register for ENGL UWRT 1100 before taking the Department of English’s placement test for persons whose primary language is not English. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL UWRT 1101. Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I. (3) Prerequisite: Appropriate Score on SAT Verbal and high school performance. The prerequisite determines whether you take the 1101 and 1102 sequence or UWRT 1103. Writing is both the primary subject of inquiry and the primary activity. Students write, revise, edit and reflect on their writing with the support of the teacher and peers. Students also engage critically with the opinions and voices of others, as they are encouraged to understand how their writing can have an effect on themselves and their environments. As the primary subject of readings and discussion, writing is explored as it relates to different contexts, discourses, cultures and textual media. As students inquire into literacy, they understand their own writing and development with heightened awareness. Grades are derived primarily from portfolios that include work generated throughout the term. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ENGL UWRT 1102. Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts II. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL UWRT 1101 or equivalent credit via AP English Language score or transfer credit. Students develop an extended inquiry project that integrates materials from varied sources and includes writing in multiple genres. Students write, revise, edit and reflect on their writing with the support of the teacher and peers. Students also immerse themselves in a conversation about a topic through reading, questioning, and process writing. Polished writing might assume the forms of presentations, reviews of research, essayistic arguments, or multi-media and web-based projects. Students learn to distinguish rhetorical contexts, practice different conventions, and develop positions in relation to research. They also adopt digital technologies to network, compose, and/or critique and disseminate their work. Grades are derived primarily from portfolios that include work generated throughout the term. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ENGL UWRT 1103. Accelerated College Writing and Rhetoric Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts (I & II). (3) Prerequisite: Placement by the Department of English. Appropriate Score on SAT Verbal and high school performance. The prerequisite determines whether you take the 1101 and 1102 sequence or UWRT 1103. Accelerated writing curriculum that fulfills the requirement for ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102. Students write extensively as they explore literacy and writing. They engage critically with the opinions and voices of others while developing an extended inquiry project that integrates materials from varied sources and includes writing in multiple genres. Students write, revise, edit and reflect on their writing with the support of the teacher and peers. Students also immerse themselves in a conversation about a topic through reading, questioning, and process writing. Students learn to distinguish rhetorical contexts, practice different conventions, and develop positions in relation to research. They also adopt digital technologies to network, compose, and/or critique and disseminate their work. Grades are derived primarily from portfolios that include work generated throughout the term. (Fall, Spring)