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Beginning in Fall of 2016, all students at Western Connecticut State University must fulfill the following writing requirements:
\nWRT 101: Composition I, or equivalent
\nWriting Intensive Tier II Competency
\nWriting Intensive Tier III Competency<\/p>\n
Writing is at the core of critical thinking and active learning. To foster the intellectual growth of students, writing must be incorporated beyond the level of Composition I. The\u00a0second tier\u00a0writing intensive competency encourages students to learn and think in ways that cannot be attained through other pedagogical patterns. It requires targeted instruction to allow students to learn more about the subject matter through writing and to learn how to improve their writing. The writing intensive competency must also involve research and a process of revision.<\/p>\n
Upon completion of the Tier II Writing Intensive competency, students will be able to:<\/p>\n
Demonstrate writing as a process that is guided by revision in response to\u00a0writing instruction and instructor feedback on multiple projects;
\nApply formal and informal writing strategies to develop an understanding of course content;
\nDemonstrate the ability to locate, analyze, synthesize, incorporate, and attribute primary and secondary sources according to rhetorical conventions as appropriate to the discipline;
\nProduce a minimum of 6,000 words of writing over the semester, of which at least 4,000 words are edited, polished prose according to the conventions of Standard American English; and
\nProduce several writing projects, including one project of at least 1,500 words that develops and sustains a source-supported argument and requires revision.<\/p>\n
Effective writing skills develop and improve throughout a student\u2019s academic career as they move through three tiers of writing competencies.\u00a0 Tier 1 (Composition I or its equivalent) focuses on writing as a process and as a method of learning; on understanding and using various rhetorical strategies in writing; and on organization, audience, tone, voice, and the conventions of Standard American English and academic documentation. Tier II continues to support the Tier I outcomes and further emphasizes targeted instruction and strategies for research-based writing and revision. As the culminating writing experience, Tier III focuses on a discipline-specific synthesis of the skills acquired in the earlier tiers.<\/p>\n
Upon completion of the Tier III Writing Competency, students will be able to:<\/p>\n
Design, propose, sustain, and write a source-supported project on a topic that is appropriate to the discipline;
\nIncorporate instructor feedback into professional-quality writing in genres that are most relevant to the discipline;
\nApply specialized conventions of writing within the discipline, including grammar, mechanics, diction, syntax, format, source attribution, and specific languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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