In spring 2013, the college adopted a policy on writing instruction for the General Education curriculum and each major. As part of this policy, each department developed writing requirements for its ...

To those of the agile persuasion, a product requirements document may sound like a bit of a relic — a straight-jacket that doesn’t capture the fluid push and pull that actually happens when building a ...

In a move aimed directly at improving undergraduate writing skills, the College of Arts and Sciences will revamp their writing program this fall, creating a new year-long seminar requirement, ...

Writing practice and instruction fosters higher order thinking and cultivates critical intellectual processes such as analyzing ideas, solving problems, and evaluating claims. Writing is a complex ...

Writing at DePauw is taught across the curriculum on the assumption that skill in written communication is intimately connected with clear thinking in all subjects. We believe that writing is an ...

From the early formation of letters to crafting an essay, writing involves perhaps more subskills than any other academic task. To write well requires combining multiple physical and mental processes ...