Faculty Resources

Professor Fernando Rosenberg reading from a book in front of a class

These resources are intended to help instructors across the disciplines with writing assignments in their courses.

Instructors wishing to build their own courses or design their own assignments will find useful aid under Course and Assignment Design.

If you have a student looking for writing support, please direct them to Classroom Materials, where you will find generalized support for division-specific writing.

Please also direct students to make an appointment at the Writing Center for one-on-one consultations with our graduate writing consultants. Help is also available for students at Student Accessibility Support and the English Language Programs.

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Course and Assignment Design

Classroom Materials

Teaching Discipline-Specific Writing

"Disciplinary Writing": video and resources
The Davis Grant Project*
Propose a writing intensive course
See also: Core Resources for Faculty: Foundational Literacies

*The Davis Grant Project is a set of discipline-specific lesson plans, handouts, assignments and grading rubrics developed in 2008-10. When using these or modified versions of these materials, please include the credit: "Developed at Brandeis University through a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation."

Writing Resources