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ENGL 3010 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL

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Approvals Received:

Department
on 09-10-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 09-23-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

ENGL 3010

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Practicum in Writing Tutoring

Course Title Long:

Practicum in Writing Tutoring

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

2.0 to 2.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Supervised experience in writing center tutoring, including exposure to composition and writing pedagogy theory. Students tutor 4 hours per week in the Writing Room and write a short reflective paper at the end of the semester. Run as a directed study.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

Grading Basis:

S-N or Aud

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Independent Study

Years most
frequently offered:

Every academic year

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall, Spring

Component 1:

PRC (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

PRC

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
2.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
2.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Allow up to 2 repetition(s) totalling up to 4.0 credit(s).

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

1011 or equiv, #

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

Instructor

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

No prerequisites

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Provisional Approval received 3/22/04

Assessment
and Goals:

Goals: to introduce students to writing/composition pedagogy and theory in the context of a writing center. Assessment: student learning will be assessed through observations of tutoring sessions and through a writing assignment reflecting on tutoring experience and drawing on selected readings in composition theory.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

ALLOWS STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN VALUABLE LEARNING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WHILE EARNING CREDIT. MANY STUDENTS, AFTER TAKING EITHER GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE OR ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING, SEEK THIS KIND OF TUTORING EXPERIENCE TO HELP SOLIDIFY WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM AND TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN WRITING. SUCH TEACHING EXPERIENCE WILL ALSO PROVIDE IMPORTANT PREPARATION FOR STUDENTS WISHING TO GO ON TO GRADUATE SCHOOL OR TEACHING. SOME QUALIFIED STUDENTS WHO WISH TO WORK IN THE WRITING ROOM ARE NOT WORK-STUDY ELIGIBLE, AND THIS COURSE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO SO.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Rich Heyman

Requirement
this course fulfills:

HUM - HUM Communication, Language, Literature & Philosophy

Provisional
Approval:

Yes; date March 22, 2004

Regular
Approval:

Yes; date: Sep 10, 2004