The request to create UWRT 1104

Memo Date: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
To: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: 
Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: February 15, 2016
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
, Approved by: University College Faculty Council
Implementation Date: Spring 2016

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Summary

Completion of this course fully satisfies the general education requirement for basic writing skills.  Thus UWRT 1104 is equivalent to UWRT 1103 in that one course fulfills the requirement.

Catalog Copy

UWRT 1104. Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts (I & II) with Studio. (4)  Prerequisite: Appropriate Score on SAT/ACT and high school performance.  In this hybrid course students will learn to analyze and compose a variety of texts and use a range of technologies, adapting language and style for particular audiences, contexts, and purposes.  They will develop flexible composing strategies; locate and evaluate primary and secondary research; and deepen engagement with source material, their own ideas, and the ideas of others in order to strengthen claims and solidify logical arguments.  Grades are derived primarily from electronic portfolios.