Laurentian used to have a "writing competency" graduation requirement
that could be fulfilled either through a test (held annually) or through
a WAC course (a discipline-specific course, not an "English" course,
that included writing as part of the course).
However, the requirement was cancelled four years ago when the budget
for our writing centre/WAC program was cut.
So we now have no writing competency requirement for graduation.
Philippa
Philippa Spoel
Associate Professor
Department of English
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
Canada P3E 2C6
tel: 705-675-1151
fax: 705-675-4870
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Hello again to everyone.
Earlier this week, Betsy Sargent posted a query to CASLL concerning
English requirements at Canadian colleges and universities. Well, it
turns out that I have an immediate need for the same information, and
I'm hoping that someone from those institutions that haven't already
been represented with responses could please take a few minutes to
respond in kind.
What Betsy and (now) I need to know is whether your institution has a
specific, cross-the-board English course requirement for graduation or
program-entry purposes, and whether that requirement must be satisfied
by taking "literature", "English", "writing" courses, or some
combination of these.
So far (I hope I haven't missed any), I've collected responses from
University of Winnipeg, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design,
University College of the Cariboo/Thompson Rivers University, Simon
Fraser University, and Uof T Arts and Science.
Could Inkshedders from Canada's other universities and colleges please
answer, too? It seems there are big changes looming at post-secondary
institutions across the country; better that we be involved in them than
merely informed of them after the fact...
I thank you all in advance and apologize for "pestering"; I know full
well how busy everyone is at this time of year.
Ginny Ryan
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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