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Discipline- and Profession-Specific Techniques
Students will be able to:
- Articulate ideas within disciplinary conversations or debates
- Use language appropriate to the discipline and audience
- Continue developing their information literacy as they gain experience with discipline-specific research methods, including facility with appropriate research databases
- Integrate appropriate visual, graphic, or numerical information
- Use appropriate citation conventions and styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.)
Faculty can prepare students to hone these abilities in some of the following ways:
- Providing opportunities for students to enter scholarly and professional debates, dialogues, and controversies about major issues in a given field
- Introducing students to the unique methods and contributions of their disciplines and offering models of outstanding student and professional work in the field
- Emphasizing cross-disciplinary inquiry where appropriate
- Creating opportunities for students to make their work public and interact with professionals
- Discussing models for appropriate citation and use of sources and giving students opportunities to practice citation and effective use of sources
These goals and suggestions for helping students meet them are informed by the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition (http://www.wpacouncil.org/positions/outcomes.html). They are revised and expanded to address the broader scope of a Writing Across the Curriculum program and the local values and needs of Queens College students and faculty.
