Assessment
Placement in ECB Writing Practicum is determined by portfolios, which students are required to submit prior to their orientation. All entering LS&A students and all students required by their program must submit a portfolio. After evaluating the portfolio, the ECB notifies academic units of their students' placements, and the academic unit advisors convey the information to the students. Students may receive the following placements: Writing Practicum, Introductory Composition, or Exemption.
Students are welcome to visit the ECB office at 1139 Angell Hall to schedule an appointment to discuss their writing assessment or to ask for course information.
Writing Practicum
Those students placed in Writing Practicum courses must enroll in an ECB Writing Practicum as the first part of their writing requirement. No substitute will satisfy the College writing requirement.
ECB Practicum courses meet for 2 hours a week in sections of 18 students. In addition, each student has a required half hour conference with the instructor every other week. Any student who fails to attend the first class meeting and has not notified the instructor or department in writing may be dropped from the class by action of the instructor or department. At the same time, students are responsible for their own schedules and must process all drops through Touch-Tone Registration.
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100. Writing Practicum. ECB Assessment.
(2). (Excl). Offered mandatory credit/no credit. (TUTORIAL). May be elected
for a total of four credits for any combination of ECB 100-105.
Students place into Practicum on the basis of their portfolio. The writing
instruction is designed to meet individual needs. At the end of the Practicum,
each student assembles a portfolio which is read by at least two ECB Lecturers.
On the basis of writing skills demonstrated in the portfolio, students are
assigned to the appropriate level of the College writing program. NOTE:
One section of ECB 100 is linked to a specific content-area course. Another
section focuses on issues of Race and Ethnicity.
Section 002. The ECB Practicum/Psychology 111 Program enables students to fulfill their practicum requirement while they complete introductory course work in psychology. The program links section 002 to Psychology 111, a general introduction to psychology both as a social science and a natural science. Registration by override only. Contact the ECB.
Section 007. This Practicum focuses on issues of Race and Ethnicity.
The course is not linked to any other course or discipline, but students
should be interested in the subject matter for this thematic Practicum.
Registration by override only. Contact the ECB.
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