Leslie,
We call our course Academic Writing (AW). This has caused a bit of trouble for
students transferring to other universities. Although our English department
counts our 3-credit first year course as an English credit and cross lists all
of our upper-level courses, other universities have been less generous.
Credit transfers are a big issue and one you should take into consideration as
you make your decision.
Janice
Leslie Sanders wrote:
> Hi, everyone, I need advice on the following:
> right now our writing courses, and our esl course, use ENGL (English) as
> their prefix. It has been suggested to me that we find another prefix
> to distinguish ourselves from the English program.
>
> What prefixes do you use for your writing and esl courses? Our Student
> Programs director is concerned that if we use WRPR (for writing programs)
> there will be a problem of transferability should a student go to another
> university -- that is, other insititutions won't know what it is and won't
> want to give credit, especially if they call their writing courses
> English.
>
> So: would people be so kind as to tell me how they prefix and number their
> courses? a.s.a.p.? A boring topic, I know, but vital at this minute. Pls
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> See some of you, at least, really soon -- for more interesting
> conversation!
>
> Leslie Sanders
>
> Professor Leslie Sanders
> Coordinator: Writing Programs
> School of Arts and Letters
> Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
> York University
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> M3J 1P3
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