The Writing Arts Learning Community
WA 01100: CRN 44395
The Writing Arts Department provides a learning community environment for incoming freshmen majors. This goal is met in two ways:
Course Outcomes
- Through shared first-semester courses that may include among them a College Composition I specifically for Writing Arts majors.
- Through a one-credit Writing Arts Learning Community (WALC) course, which provides all freshmen in the major the opportunity to get to know one another right from the beginning of their Rowan careers. The goals of this course include:
- Orienting students to the major
- Connecting students with local writing networks and publication options
- Establishing a cohort that can sustain community over students' career at Rowan
Course Outcomes
- Orient students to the Writing Arts major, including courses, concentrations, and basic approaches
- Establish a cohort that sustains community over students’ careers at Rowan
- Connect students with local writing networks and publication options
Course Meeting Dates
9/2 - Welcome
9/9 - Book Group Meeting
9/16 - No class
9/23 - Writing Center
9/30 - Student Involvement
10/7 - Book Group Meeting
10/14 - Creative Writing
10/21 - No class
10/28 - Technical Writing
11/4 - Book Group Meeting
11/11 - New Media Writing
11/18 - No class
11/25 - No class
12/2 - Virtual Reading
12/9 - TBD ~book group meeting & class meeting~
9/2 - Welcome
9/9 - Book Group Meeting
9/16 - No class
9/23 - Writing Center
9/30 - Student Involvement
10/7 - Book Group Meeting
10/14 - Creative Writing
10/21 - No class
10/28 - Technical Writing
11/4 - Book Group Meeting
11/11 - New Media Writing
11/18 - No class
11/25 - No class
12/2 - Virtual Reading
12/9 - TBD ~book group meeting & class meeting~