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Writing Intensive (W) courses provide the opportunity to teach writing practices specific to a discipline or field. Queens College students must complete two W courses in order to graduate.<\/p>\n
In these classes, students will:<\/p>\n
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\u201cW\u201d designations for new courses need to be approved by both the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) and the Writing Intensive Subcommittee (WSC). \u201cW\u201d designations for courses already on the books require WSC approval only.<\/p>\n
Departments interested in developing new W courses or converting existing courses to Writing-Intensive classes should review the\u00a0template for W course proposals<\/a> and submit proposals to the Writing Intensive Subcommittee (WSC) for approval. Esther Muehlbauer<\/a> and Sue Goldhaber<\/a> are currently serving as WSC co-chairs.<\/p>\n Proposals must include:<\/p>\n Departments may also seek guidance from Amy Wan<\/a>, Special Assistant to the Provost on Writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once WSC approval is obtained, proposals are submitted to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) and Academic Senate.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”W Course Requirements” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Writing Intensive classes at Queens College are designated with a W after the course number (e.g., ENGL 170W, SOC 210W, PSYCH 211W). The Academic Senate has determined that W classes must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Types of INFORMAL Writing Activities you can include:” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Asynchronous<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Synchronous<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Types of FORMAL Writing Activities you can include:” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Prerequisites for W Courses” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n All W courses have a prerequisite of ENGL 110, which means all students in W classes have passed English 110 at Queens College or completed an equivalent course at another school. Hence, the\u00a0learning goals for ENGL 110 can provide some idea of students\u2019 prior experience with academic writing.<\/p>\n By the end of ENGL 110, students will have been introduced to:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENGL 110 (EC1) and College Writing 2 (EC2) courses are intended to provide a foundation for students\u2019 writing practices\u2014a foundation that Writing Intensive classes then build upon. Because writing practices can take time to develop, the sequence of writing classes\u2014ENGL 110 (EC1), College Writing 2 (EC2) and Writing Intensive\u2014provide multiple opportunities for writing instruction throughout a student\u2019s college career.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2023\/06\/WaQ.png” title_text=”WaQ” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writing Intensive (W) Courses Writing Intensive (W) courses provide the opportunity to teach writing practices specific to a discipline or field. Queens College students must complete two W courses in order to graduate. In these classes, students will: Gain experience writing in a variety of rhetorical situations within a given discipline Become fluent in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-2783","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=2783"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/gened\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=2783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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