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University Writing Program

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Required Language and Course Policies

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Grading Rubric, Philosophy, and Practices

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UWS Schedule Templates

Spring 2023
  • Monday-Wednesday (DOCX)   (gdoc)
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Sample UWS Syllabi

  • Darwinian Dating | Elissa Jacobs | Fall 2022
  • Black Voices | Ryan Hitchcock | Spring 2021
  • The Cosmos | Yi He | Spring 2021
  • Environmental Literature: Ecocriticism and Writing | Marsha Nourse | Spring 2020
  • Epidemics in America | Alexis Kardatzke | Fall 2019
  • Business Ethics | Lisa Rourke | Fall 2022
  • Love: Where, When, How, Who | Martha Lagace | Fall 2019
  • Public Health: Writing with Data | Allison Giannotti | Fall 2022
  • Sex and Advertising | Doug Kirshen | Spring 2020
  • Social Media and Public Conversation | Jacob Berg | Fall 2019
  • The Social Life of Sugar | Robert Cochran | Fall 2020
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