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Pittsburg State University
1701 South Broadway
Pittsburg KS 66762
Don Judd
WAC Coordinator
English
Phone: (620) 235-4697
Kathleen De Grave
Assistant WAC Coordinator
English
Phone: (620) 235-4705
Cynthia Woodburn
Assistant WAC Coordinator
Mathematics
Phone: (620) 235-4490
Bruce Shields
WAC Graduate Assistant
English
Phone: (620) 235-4686
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General Questions
All PSU students take two Writing to Learn courses. Some students
test out
of English 101 or English 299, but the two WL courses are still
required. These courses ask students to think about a discipline in depth and
to articulate their ideas according to the expectations of that discipline.
This is an experience all college students need, especially at the lower
undergraduate level. Therefore students do not test out of this requirement.
See below for how
transfer students
are affected by the WL requirement.
The WL Series of Courses consists of four courses, ideally taken in succession
in the first two years of the student's college career.
English 101
(Composition)
®
1st
WL
®
2nd
WL
®
English 299
(Intro to Research
Writing)
If students follow this series, they will gain progressive experience in
academic writing. Therefore, it is best if students take one course each
semester, in the above order, for the their first four semesters. In certain
unusual cases, students will opt to take more than one of these writing courses
in a given semester, but normally you should advise against it. The purpose of
the series is to allow students to practice and develop their writing skills
over time. Also, given the amount of writing required in each of the four
courses, two courses at once would overload most students.
Some students have already completed English 101. These students should enter
the series of courses at the 1st WL course. Other students have completed
both English 101 and English 299. These students still need to take the two WL
courses.
If a student receives a 27 for the English section of the ACT, that student
immediately takes the first WL course. If a student receives a 28 or higher
for the English section of the ACT, that student takes
English 190
instead of English 101 and English 299. See the section on
testing out of composition courses.
Your advisees should take a WL course as soon as they have completed English
101, the basic composition course. English 101 and two WL courses are
pre-requisites for English 299, the second composition course. Ideally, the
four courses of the WL Series of Courses should be taken in four consecutive
semesters, beginning with the first semester of the freshman year and ending
with the second semester of the sophomore year. See the
flow chart.
If your advisee takes a WL course to fulfill a General Education requirement,
he or she gets two for one -- the single course fulfills both requirements at
once. This is likewise true if your advisee takes a WL course that counts for
the major or minor, or as a free elective. To keep the number of credits down,
it is best to advise your students to take WL courses that fulfill other
requirements at the same time.
Each semester, just before pre-enrollment, each faculty member who advises
students who need to take a course in the WL Series of Courses, receives a
printout that shows where each of these students is in the series. If the
printout has just one or two names, then most of your advisees have already
completed the series.
The printout gives your advisees' names, ID numbers, a record of which of the
courses in the series the student "needs," and which ones are "done." Certain
courses will not apply for your student (such as the honors course,
English 190
for most students). These courses are marked "N/A" for "not
applicable."
If the printout seems to be incorrect, contact the WAC coordinator, Don Judd at
djudd@pittstate.edu.
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