RLW551 Writing Across the Curriculum

Strategies for using writing as a tool of teaching and learning in all subject areas across the curriculum. Among the methods stressed are: designing and using a variety of short classroom writing-to-learn activities; improving the design of more formal, extended reports, essays, and papers in content areas; and using alternative approaches to the evaluation and grading of student writing in subject fields. Prerequisite: RLW541. 2 semester hours