Announcements
1. The following Friday afternoon "Tea Topic" discussions will take place 3:00-4:00 p.m. in 219 Boucke Bldg. (handouts from past discussions). Come for tea, coffee, cookies, and conversation with faculty across the disciplines.
| Sept. 25 | What Are We Doing Here, Anyway? A Discussion of Writing Pedagogy |
Oct. 9 |
Coverage vs. Depth: How to Do Both Without Sacrificing Either |
Oct. 23 |
How to Save Ink and Keep Your Sanity: Strategies for Commenting on Student Papers |
Nov. 6 |
Facing the Stack: Strategies for Grading Fairly and Fairly Quickly |
WAC Facts
The WAC Program offers one-to-one consultations, group discussions, workshops, and seminars for faculty across the disciplines who teach writing-intensive "W" courses or who integrate writing into regular classes as a way of helping students learn course content actively.
As of 16 July 2004, the total number of active W courses at PSU is 336, and the number of W courses created within the last five years is 93.
The first class of students for whom a W course was required graduated in Spring 1994.
In addition to taking a semester-long W course in the major, PSU students are required to take two other semester-long writing courses: English 015 or 030 and one of the four English 202 WAC options. Students ideally take the W course after having benefited from the two English courses; in reality, however, many students save English 202 for the last semester of their senior year.
Faculty from across the university and Undergraduate Peer Tutors of Writing participate in a CEW workshop.
