CAS 108: Workshop in Writing | CAS 105E Extension

Spring 2007

Instructors:

Heidi Bollinger hbolling@mail.rochester.edu

Jenny Douglas dgls@mail.rochester.edu

Tina Giovanielli gvnl@mail.rochester.edu

Annie Heckel nhkl@mail.rochester.edu

Stefanie Vischansky svischan@mail.rochester.edu
 

Course Description

Although CAS 108 students and Extension students might have different projects or learning goals, all students work together in group meetings to provide effective peer feedback.

CAS 108: “Workshop in Writing” (CAS 108) offers ongoing practice and instruction in writing and critiquing writing. Students meet weekly with their instructor or with a Writing Center consultant to work on forms of academic writing relevant to their spring coursework – forms which may include summary, critical response, the argumentative essay, the lab report, and others. Students may also choose to revise essays completed in previous semesters or work on other non-fiction projects. They plan, draft and revise their writing, critique each other's work, assess their own writing, and participate in group sessions on writing issues that the group faces. The semester's work will culminate in a final portfolio that features polished essays and an overall self-assessment.

  • Grading: a two-credit course which is graded pass/fail.
  • Prerequisite: CAS 105/105E or alternative satisfaction of the Primary Writing Requirement

Extension: The CAS 105E Extension is a weekly workshop and tutorial offered through the Writing Center for all CAS 105E students who have worked diligently during the Fall semester but have not attained a C or above.  These students can take an Incomplete in CAS 105E and sign up (by speaking to their instructors) to participate in a weekly workshop/tutorial that offers intensive work on writing in small group and individual settings.

In weekly Extension sessions, students work on forms of academic writing relevant to their spring coursework – forms which may include summary, critical response, the argumentative essay, the lab report, and others. Students may also choose to revise essays completed in previous semesters or work on other non-fiction projects. Guided by their instructor and by Writing Center consultants, students plan, draft and revise their writing, critique each other's work, assess their own writing, and participate in group sessions on writing issues that the group faces. The semester's work will culminate in a final portfolio that features polished essays and an overall self-assessment.

The Extension is designed for CAS 105E students but, if space is available, may be made available to CAS 105 students who have worked diligently but not satisfied the Primary Writing Requirement.

  • Grading: The Extension is not a course and does not bear academic credit, but it allows students to raise their CAS 105E final grades and satisfy the Primary Writing Requirement.
  • Permission of program required

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