ENG215
The Printer’s Devil Contest
Each year The Printer’s Devil contest recognizes outstanding essays from composition students at Arizona State University. The contest is open to all composition students, i.e., students who have completed or are currently enrolled in one of the following classes during the current school year (ENG 101, 102, 105, 215, 216, 217, 218).
Prizes
Last year’s first prize winners won $125, second prize winners $75, and third prize winners $50. The cash award is credited to their student accounts.
Submission Requirements
Writing Programs Teachers Guide
Currently, some of the links on this page point to an older version of the Writing Programs website, which may be out of date. Those pages will be replaced with new pages as they become available.
2.01 Mission Statement for Writing Programs
- Mission
- Writing assignments
Syllabus Guidelines
Please follow these guidelines (attached) as you prepare your syllabi for your Writing Programs courses. (ASUID login required to see the attachments.)
Textbook List
This is a list of commonly used textbooks in Writing Programs. Faculty Associates and Teaching Assistants/Associates who have either more than three (3) years teaching experience at ASU in Writing Programs courses, or nine (9) or more graduate-level hours of rhetoric/composition courses (including the TA Seminar) may choose their own textbooks. Please note that it is Writing Programs policy that all classes use a rhetoric; you can select a separate reader, or use a rhetoric/reader. All textbooks must meet the goals and objectives of the Writing Programs.
English 215: Strategies for Academic Writing
Advanced interdisciplinary writing course emphasizing critical reading and thinking, argumentative writing, library research, and documentation of sources in an academic setting. Practice and study of selected rhetorics of inquiry (for example, historical, cultural, empirical, and ethnographic) employed in academic disciplines, preparing students for different systems of writing in their academic lives. Throughout this course, students will:
- significantly improve their academic writing;
