Welcome!
The position of UCI Campus Writing Coordinator was established in 2001 to support undergraduate writing across the campus. We focus on communication (writing and speaking) beyond the first year, offering consultations, workshops, and resources to faculty, lecturers, and TAs in every discipline. Our goal is to foster a culture of writing by forging connections between first-year composition and upper-division writing courses, between teachers and students as they work with writing in disciplinary contexts, and among faculty across the campus interested in improving student writing. We also work with departments and schools to develop coordinated writing plans. Our over-arching mission is to foster a robust and vibrant culture of writing at UCI, and to that end we sponsor a variety of activities, such as mini-conferences and guest speakers.
Finally, this year, the CWC, in conjunction with departments and programs across UCI, will be involved in a comprehensive assessment of both lower- and upper-division writing courses and programs. We look forward to learning more about and improving the quality of writing instruction at UCI!
We invite your participation in our various projects. Please contact us to request a consultation or to respond to anything on this site.
News & Events
FALL 2009 CWC EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
A Triple Event SHOWDOWN!!!
- Wednesday, November 18 (12:00-2:00 in 1010 HG): The WRITE Start: Preparing to Teach a W Course Workshop
- Thursday, November 19 (3.30-5 in 1010 Humanities Gateway): Keeping the Momentum Going: Best Practices in Upper-Division Writing, a colloquy co-sponsored with the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, and the DUE Office of Assessment and Research.
- Friday, November 20 (11:00-2:00 in 1010 HG): Southern California Writing Center Association Networking Event
And keep in mind that we are always available for consultations and requested workshops. Please contact Dr. Jonathan Alexander at jfalexan@uci.edu for further details.
NEW COURSE! HUMANITIES 149, Rhetoric and Public Speech
This course introduces students from any discipline to the art of speaking publicly as the practical extension of the field of rhetoric. Readings will introduce concepts of speech as the enactment of human relationships, the construction of knowledge through language, and the cultural contexts of style. Students will be introduced to Toulmin’s theory of argument, to Kenneth Burke’s theory of identification, and classical approaches to ethos (a speaker’s persona), invention, and organization. Students will also view performances of famous speeches, as well as materials from contemporary mass media and popular culture, and analyze them through rhetorical frameworks.
For more info, contact Professor Susan Jarratt at sjarratt@uci.edu.
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"Writing Science" podcast now available!
Click here to download an mp3 of our wildly successful "Writing Science" panel discussion held earlier this quarter. Guest faculty participants included Dr. Jennifer Terry (Women's Studies), Dr. Douglas Haynes (History), and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Barry Siegel (English).