As a Program Coordinator, you will need to evaluate courses from outside Universities. By using the criteria provided below, you will be able to assess courses based on the contents of the syllabus provided by the student. Based on what's provided from the syllabus and the student's inquiry, you may able to give this student Composition (C), Writing (W), and/ or Arts and Humanities (A&H) credits.
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English Composition courses emphasize how to organize and express your ideas effectively. In composition courses, you will refine your skills by rewriting your papers after receiving feedback on them.
It will teach basic, ‘how to write for college’ techniques, and will serve as a basis for all of your college-level writing coursework.
Goals: Teach students how to write using basic writing skills. Teach students how to research and write about their research well.
- Develop a thesis
- Provide evidence
- Organizational strategy
- Rhetorical strategy
- Dictation choice
Assignments
- Rhetorical analysis, argumentative, persuasive papers.
- 3-5 Papers, workshopped, no less than 3 pages
- Demonstrate evidence of writing and revision.
Text: Guide to writing, rhetoric handbook
Additional notes
- For international students, UW does not accept English Composition from non-Anglo countries. Encourage other requirements such as A&H
- Those courses will first be evaluated by UW admissions. If admissions doesn't give students C credit for a course they thought was clearly a C course, they are usually sent to us to evaluate.
Click here for more information on the writing credit criteria.
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A&H courses focus on the history, interpretation, criticism, and practice of the arts. The requirement is meant to help the student develop a personal appreciation of the creative process and how it promotes a willingness to investigate the unknown as well as the commonplace, and thus a willingness to constantly debate and refine its modes of expression. Examples of departments that offer such courses include art history, classics, dance, drama, English, music, and foreign languages. Most rhetoric (speech, now part of the communication department) courses also count in this Area.
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When reviewing courses that will transfer from community colleges in Washington state, use this guide to find direct equivalencies to classes at UW. The equivalency guide will also show specific credits students can receive based on the classes they send to us for further review. Please look at this guide for more information!