APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY A Closer Look To Its Writing and Composition Courses

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT“To be, rather than to seem”

RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION PROGRAM

Consists of 3 main divisions Undergraduate courses, Graduate courses and faculty

development

GOAL: “to help students develop strategies that will support lifelong thinking, reading and writing”

o Focus on invention and revision while also exploring a variety of research methods and genres of writing.

o Analyze and make a range of texto Reflect of written worko Ethnographic research, portfolio assessment, field

working and writing communities are recommended.

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES English 0900—Developmental course in process writing English 1000—Introductory course in writing for college English 1100—Uses literature as a basis for assignments

The writing process at APP is:

Invention Drafting Revising Editing

GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

WRITING IN CONNECTION TO MY MAJOR:SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Requires Writing classes until Junior year.

However, as part of the different options in classes I have, the remaining English options include:

English 3050—Studies in Folklore English 4570---Studies in American and

Indian Literature English 4710—Advanced Studies in

Women and Literature

CHUCK SMITH’S (DIRECTOR OF SD) RESPONSE:

Welcome to Appstate and thanks for your interest in the SD Program.

We are a cross and interdisciplinary program, basically ASU's Environmental Studies program. The writing requirements are varied in our core offerings. There is, however, a healthy dose of it. We have social science, natural science, as well as some

humanities requirements. Generally, there are a number of shorter papers as well as some lengthy

end of term writing, but it varies from course to course and section to section.

I hope this helps a bit. If you have anything more specific to ask, perhaps I can give you a better answer.

Again, thanks for looking at SD-

Peace,

Chuck

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED: Research Papers are inescapable

English 110 (for me) exemption from English 0900 and 1000. That’s a save in time and money!

APP has a University Writing Center. Its free services are open to students, faculty and staff.

For more info on the Writing course in Appalachian, visit http://compositionprogram.appstate.edu/undergrad.html