Student Writing in FSEM and ASEM, 2016

In June, 2016 some 25 University of Denver professors from departments across campus analyzed selected student writings from either a First-Year Seminar (FSEM) or an Advanced Seminar (ASEM) that they'd taught in the previous year. The following is a collection of reflections about some of the more innovative WAC assignments and offers a pedagogical glimpse of WAC courses at DU.

Student Writing in FSEM and ASEM, 2016

Student Writing in FSEM and ASEM, 2016

Introduction: How Professor Read Student Writing

Doug Hesse, Former Director, Writing Program

Editor’s Note

Brad Benz, Professor, Writing Program

Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Free Will (ASEM)

Michael Brent, Philosophy

Poetry and the Public (FSEM)

David Daniels, Professor, Writing Program

Torture in the Modern World (FSEM)

Jared Del Rosso, Sociology and Criminology

Poetic Minds (ASEM)

Lisa Conant, Political Science

Deviant Bodies (ASEM)

Amie Levesque, Sociology and Criminology

Buddhist Meditation: Traditional and Modern Contexts (FSEM)

Ben Nourse, Religious Studies, Asian Studies

Science and Religion in Dialogue - The Case Of Darwin (ASEM)

Gregory Robbins, Religious Studies

Disease in World History (ASEM)

Hilary A. Smith, History, Asian Studies

Language Politics (FSEM)

Angela Sowa, Professor, Writing Program

Geography and Genealogy (FSEM)

Erika Trigoso, Geography and the Environment

The Rough Draft of History: Film and Video Documentary (ASEM)

Diane Waldman, Media, Film & Journalism

Coming of Age in Spanish Literature and Film (FSEM)

Susan Walter, Spanish Language, Literary, & Cultural Studies,

Politics, Policy, and Economics of Health and Healthcare (ASEM)

Yavuz Yasar, Economics

Appendix A: ASEM/FSEM Workshop: Learning From Your Students’ Writing

Appendix B: A Dozen Elements to Consider While Evaluating Student Writing

Appendix C: So Why Does a Given Piece of Writing Turn Out the Way it Does?

Appendix D: ASEM/FSEM Workshop: Learning from Your Students' Writing