Transcript Program in Writing and communication

PROGRAM IN WRITING
AND
COMMUNICATION
FALL 2013
Tracy Volz, Director
Composition exam results
1044 matriculants
 1040 completed exam
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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)
Students
537
507
Fall 2013 courses
2 sections of FWIS 100
 39 sections of FWIS
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FWIS Distribution Credit Fall 2013
D1: Humanities
D2: Social Sciences
D3: Science and Engineering
33
4
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Fall FWISs: 11 academic depts + PWC
Visual and
Dramatic
Arts
Philosophy
Classics
Sport Mgmt
English
French
History
Religious
Studies
Architecture
PWC
Psychology
Biochemistry
& Cell
Biology
Earth
Science
35 FWIS instructors in Fall 2013
T/TT faculty
12
NTT faculty/staff
9
PWC fellows
5
Full-time PWC lecturers 4
Graduate instructors
4
CWOVC 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
Total
30
1550
More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013
Visits
More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013
Visits
Resources for graduate students
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UNIV 601/2
 Oral
and Written Comm. for Intl Graduate Students
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Dissertation Boot Camps
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Workshops
 Academic
conversation for international students
 Grammar
in writing
 Slide
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design
Coaching for elevator pitch competitions
Next steps
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Recruit faculty for FWIS 2014-2015
Pilot communication-in-the-disciplines projects
Create sequenced curriculum for ESL students
Develop assessment plan and analyze data