Why study writing at New College? New College Students write… a LOT!
At New College you’ll find yourself challenged to produce all different kinds of writing, from literature reviews 和 lab reports to longer research or persuasive papers. However, we don’t expect you to be a flawless writer when you first step foot on campus. 而, we will work with you to help you transfer your knowledge of reading 和 writing from high school to your first year, from your previous institution to ours, from your New College courses to your thesis, 和, 最终, from New College to your life after graduation.
写作计划’s mission is to offer the highest quality of writing 教育 at New College. 要做到这一点, the Writing Program draws upon current research to create 和 support a cohesive set of innovative 和 intellectually rigorous courses as well as to develop dynamic resources for the entire campus community.
你的写作需要帮助?
Writing Program faculty 和 Student Writing Assistants are here to help with any type of writing, at any stage of your writing process.
修辞学与写作
的 修辞 & 写作辅助领域 Concentration (Minor) courses are grounded in Writing about Writing theory 和 pedagogy, wherein the content of the course is writing. All 修辞学与写作 courses include both formal 和 informal writing assignments, provide multiple opportunities for feedback/feedforward, 和 facilitate ongoing revision of writing processes 和 products. 点击这里了解更多
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In order to work towards cultivating their own theories of writing, students in this course will explore foundational texts in fields such as writing studies, 教育al psychology 和 applied linguistics. Students will have the opportunity to apply those theories to developing their own writing processes by reflecting back on their formative literacy experience as well as by transferring their knowledge of writing from high school to college. Students will be introduced to rhetorical genre studies in order to investigate the genre conventions of their anticipated areas of concentration. Students who successfully complete this course will leave well prepared to take on the challenges of college-level writing in any discipline.
在整个课程中, students will learn to transfer their knowledge of academic writing to non-academic contexts. 的 on-campus portion of the course will be focused on exploring threshold concepts of writing, the role of the individual writer in a community, 和 rhetorical genre studies. Questions to be considered include: Why do your ideas about writing matter? How does writing help people get things done? How is meaning constructed in context? 的 off-campus portion of this course will enable students to intern approximately 4 hours a week with a local nonprofit or community organization focusing on 教育, 艺术, 环境, or health/human services; during their internship, 学生将调查, 分析, 和 eventually produce genres of writing that these organizations use to communicate to their various stakeholders 和 to achieve their missions. 这门课结束的时候, students will underst和 和 be able to articulate how the writing 和 research skills they are developing at New College can be adapted into writing contexts outside of academia. Ideal for: 2nd 和 3rd Years who are interested in exploring writing in professional contexts. Prerequisites: Preference given students who have taken a Writing Studies or Writing Enhanced Course.
This course will offer an introduction to the theory 和 practice of one-on-one peer instruction, specifically in the field of writing. Students will develop a foundation in theory 和 practice in writing studies, 教育, 和 communication from which they will be able to construct their own writing tutoring philosophies. Students will: explore ways in which learners approach reading 和 writing 和 why these approaches are highly individualized; consider the impact that previous literacy knowledge has on acquiring new literacy knowledge; discuss 和 explain practical approaches to tutoring; 和 observe 和 practice tutoring in the New College 写作资源中心. This course is a requirement for any student who wishes to apply to be a student writing assistant (SWA) in the New College 写作资源中心. 的re are no prereqs for this course, 和 it is open to any year or AOC.
