p rogram in w riting and c ommunication tracy volz, director fall 2013

PROGRAM IN

WRITING AND

COMMUNICATION

Tracy Volz, DirectorFALL 2013

Composition exam results

1044 matriculants 1040 completed exam

94% Passed – 978 students 6% Not satisfactory – 62 students

66 students assigned to FWIS 100: Fundamentals of Academic Communication

Allocation of students in First-Year Writing-Intensive Seminars (FWIS)

537507

Students

Fall 2013 courses

2 sections of FWIS 100 39 sections of FWIS

D1: Humanities 33D2: Social Sciences 4D3: Science and Engineering

2

FWIS Distribution Credit Fall 2013

Fall FWISs: 11 academic depts + PWC

FrenchPhilosophy

Earth Science

Architecture

Religious Studies

History

English

Biochemistry & Cell Biology

Classics

Visual and

Dramatic Arts

PWCSport Mgmt

Psychology

35 FWIS instructors in Fall 2013

T/TT faculty 12NTT faculty/staff 9PWC fellows 5 Full-time PWC lecturers 4Graduate instructors 4CWOVC staff 1

1550 visits to CWOVC in 2012-13

Year of study # of visits

Freshmen 731

Sophomores 158

Juniors 213

Seniors 156

Graduate students

262

Unknown 30

Total 1550

More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013Visits

More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013Visits

Resources for graduate students

UNIV 601/2 Oral and Written Comm. for Intl Graduate

Students Dissertation Boot Camps Workshops

Academic conversation for international students

Grammar in writing Slide design

Coaching for elevator pitch competitions

Next steps

Recruit faculty for FWIS 2014-2015 Pilot communication-in-the-disciplines

projects Create sequenced curriculum for ESL

students Develop assessment plan and analyze

data