52-3100 Writing Center Theory and Practice

Course covers basics of peer tutoring in writing skills. Emphasis is on developing skills in the following areas: 1) peer tutoring techniques and interpersonal communication, 2) writing process–critical analysis, 3) error identification–grammar and punctuation, 4) writing across the curriculum. Students often begin peer tutoring early in the semester, and the dynamics of the sessions are analyzed and discussed in class. This is a hands-on course, combining Writing Center theory and practice. Successful students of this course tutor their peers in Columbia’s Writing Center.

3 Credits
WI
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1162 Writing and Rhetoric II- Service Learning
Requirements 24 Enrolled Credit Hour and 3.0 GPA required