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Integrative Liberal Studies  

Writing Intensives

By integrating writing more intentionally with content areas, Writing Intensive courses offer students ways to deepen their education in writing and critical thinking and to integrate it with other offerings in their academic experience. This type of education also promotes linkages across the curriculum, especially Writing Intensive courses taken within the major. Instructors in Writing Intensive courses provide instruction in writing appropriate to the discipline or subject area in which course material is encountered. Instructors also offer feedback to students on writing assignments and often incorporate such pedagogies as peer editing, whole-class critique, guided revision, conferences and workshops to assist students in improving their writing. Writing Intensive courses encourage students to continue to develop their writing skills throughout their academic program rather than only focusing on writing in a composition class taken during their first year.

ILS Writing Intensive Subcommittee Members

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will understand the importance of various genres of writing in their respective disciplines, including both formal and informal modes of written discourse.
  2. Students will understand the purpose and the process of revision in writing projects.
  3. Students will be able to articulate a coherent thesis or purpose in their writing and support it with evidence and argumentation appropriate to a given discipline or audience.
  4. Students’ writing will demonstrate the conventions and tone appropriate for its given purpose.

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