Syllabus

Fall 2008 Only

The Collegial Learning Assessment (CLA), an intiative of the Office of University Evaluation, is part of ASU's effort to assess its success in helping students develop critical thinking, reading and writing skills through the undergraduate curriculum.

In Fall 2008, the Writing Programs are contributing to this effort by allowing the Office of University Evaluation to implement the CLA through the first-year composition courses, including ENG 101, 102, 105, 107, 108 and 111 as well as WAC 101 and 107 (including hybrid and online sections).

Please follow these guidelines (attached) as you prepare your syllabi for your Writing Programs courses. (ASUID login required to see the attachments.)

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.

Writing Programs at ASU supports the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA) outcomes statement for composition students.

Our mission is to introduce students to the importance of writing in the work of the university and to develop their critical reading, thinking and writing skills so that they can successfully participate in that work. Writing is intellectual work, and the demands of writing within the university community include the need to:

• synthesize and analyze multiple points of view
• articulate and support one's own position regarding various issues
• adjust writing to multiple audiences, purposes, and conventions