2016-2017 Academic Bulletin 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
2016-2017 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 508 - Internship in Teaching and Tutoring Writing


Credits: 4
An internship designed to provide new writing consultants and students with an interest in teaching English with significant theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the fields of composition and rhetoric, writing center theory, and writing pedagogy. Students meet once a week for 75 minutes as a seminar group to discuss critical readings in relevant fields and spend three hours a week working as peer writing consultants for the Learning Commons. Students complete a series of written and oral assignments requiring the integration of theory and practice and produce a substantial final research project.

Prerequisite: A grade of “B” or higher in FS 101  and FS 102 , faculty recommendation, and approval of the Director of Writing.

Distribution Requirements: none.