The sequence of courses that undergraduates complete to satisfy the Written, Oral, and Multimodal Communication (WOMC) component of the Unified General Education Requirements (UGER) ensures that ...

In the MFA program, we recognize that the pursuit of excellence in the arts must be understood in diverse, patient, and supple ways. Some of our graduates (like many writers) will not pursue further ...

OAKLAND, Calif. and AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new partnership between Turnitin and Unizin will give college and university instructors better data about how students write and revise their ...

The English Department at UMass Lowell provides a rigorous and diverse curriculum for its majors, combining solid disciplinary foundations with opportunities for research, writing, performance, ...

The first step in an assessment cycle is to identify the learning outcomes that should occur for each Program. A well-formulated set of Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) will describe what a faculty ...

Students who complete their degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing will be able to do the following: Students who complete their degree in English with a concentration in ...

Just the other day, a friend of mine, a superb cultural anthropology professor, was railing against her university’s imposition of a requirement that every faculty member provide “learning outcomes” ...

Essay writing fosters critical thinking by demanding critical analysis, appraisal, and integration of information from students. Applying critical thinking to writing a good argumentative essay ...

Demonstrates close reading—attends to the details of the text, to its particular uses of language, to form and structure, manipulation of tone Attends to complexities in the text—recognizes ambiguity, ...