Writing Center Theory and Practice
General
Prefix
ENGL
Course Number
654
Course Level
Graduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Primary texts in writing center scholarship; intersections between composition and writing center theory; writing processes and critical intervention; academic culture and literacies; diversity and politics of literacy education. Required of all graduate assistants in English assigned to tutor in the writing center.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Identify and situate key issues and rhetorical shifts in writing center scholarship, research, and pedagogy.
Outcome
Apply literacy theories to writing center practices.
Outcome
Delineate, analyze and synthesize intersections between composition and writing center pedagogy.
Outcome
Integrate knowledge of writing concepts, genre conventions, and reflective practices as these apply to one-on-one and small group reading and writing instruction.
Outcome
Utilize directive and non-directive practices to address learners’ cultural, racial, and linguistic differences.