Program Overview

Program Overview

The UO Composition Program, in collaboration with the Department of English and the Teaching Engagement Program, has established a faculty learning and leadership group. This group aims to examine and revise the course and program objectives for the writing sequence.

Program Objectives

The primary objectives of the program include:

• Examining and revising the course and program objectives for the writing sequence
• Articulating essential and promising experimental teaching methods linked to these objectives
• Developing rubrics that highlight levels of attainment in relation to these objectives

Assessment Project

The program will launch a two-year UO Assessment of Student Writing, which will begin with a collegial event for English and Composition faculty and GEs. The event will introduce and test the new rubric(s) against students' essays from WR courses. The assessment project will involve:

• Revising the rubricand potentially the learning objectives themselvesbased on the larger conversation
• Repeating the exercise with essays from across the curriculum, hosted by a group of writing faculty and faculty campus-wide
• Hosting the exercise a third time, in partnership with the Career Center, and including employer readers and workplace writing artifacts

Program Development

Throughout the assessment project, the rubrics and learning objectives will continue to be critically examined and sharpened with Composition expertise. This process will ensure the program's objectives and teaching methods are refined and effective.