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PROGRAM IN
WRITING AND
COMMUNICATION
Tracy Volz, DirectorFALL 2013
Composition exam results
1044 matriculants 1040 completed exam
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)
537507
Students
Fall 2013 courses
2 sections of FWIS 100 39 sections of FWIS
D1: Humanities 33D2: Social Sciences 4D3: Science and Engineering
2
FWIS Distribution Credit Fall 2013
Fall FWISs: 11 academic depts + PWC
FrenchPhilosophy
Earth Science
Architecture
Religious Studies
History
English
Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Classics
Visual and
Dramatic Arts
PWCSport Mgmt
Psychology
35 FWIS instructors in Fall 2013
T/TT faculty 12NTT faculty/staff 9PWC fellows 5 Full-time PWC lecturers 4Graduate instructors 4CWOVC 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 30
Total 1550
More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013Visits
More visits to CWOVC in Fall 2013Visits
Resources for graduate students
UNIV 601/2 Oral and Written Comm. for Intl Graduate
Students Dissertation Boot Camps Workshops
Academic conversation for international students
Grammar in writing Slide design
Coaching for elevator pitch competitions
Next steps
Recruit faculty for FWIS 2014-2015 Pilot communication-in-the-disciplines
projects Create sequenced curriculum for ESL
students Develop assessment plan and analyze
data