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Mar 11, 2025
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ENG 608B - Tutoring Student Writers (3 units)
Trains students to work with peers on academic writing projects; prepares students to work in the university’s Writing Center.
Units of Lecture: 2
Units of Internship/Practicum: 1
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to connect theory and practice related to ethical writing and consultation processes (CO1, CO12 & CO14).
2. Students will be able to conduct inquiry into students’ difficulties with writing and apply insight gained to create a focus for tutoring sessions (CO14).
3. Students will be able to learn and apply consultation methods appropriate for writers from different backgrounds, learning styles, and levels of writing proficiency (CO12 & CO14).
4. Students will be able to understand and apply ethical principles of writing as well as supporting student writing (CO12 & CO14).
5. Students will be able to collaborate effectively with other writers and consultants (CO12 & CO14).
6. Students will be able to analyze, evaluate, and guide revision of different kinds of written texts with problems in a variety of areas, including audience and task orientation, focus on a specific purpose, development, global/local organization, integration of sources, logical connections, conventions of academic genre, documentation/citation, and sentence style/mechanics (CO14).
7. Students will be able to perform a variety of writing, consulting, research, and critical thinking tasks more effectively (CO1 & CO3).
8. Students will be able to present graduate-caliber research at a level and in a format and manner suitable for teaching an undergraduate seminar.
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