English 40 focuses on writing and revising. One typical syllabus guides students through a semester-long series of readings and writing assignments about literacy, culminating in a final project about the students' experiences with levels and kinds of literacy. English 50 takes a broader perspective, requiring students to explore a single theme from the point of view of more than one discipline. For example, a 50 section might look at the theme of immigration by writing about historical analyses, immigrant anecdotes, and a novel about immigrant life. English 50 requires at least one writing assignment involving library work, citation, and a bibliography.
Tutors can also help students read the texts for assignments.
The Center also has quiet, private rooms that you can use for studying or small-group meetings. The Writing Center also offers a variety of services to instrutors, from in-class writing workshops conducted by the tutoring staff, to a computer classroom, to a library of scholarly articles on teaching writing in the classroom. They highlight the conventions and argumentation accepted in a given discipline, and they require at least one revision based on response from a professor, TA, writing associate, or peer-reviewer. Temple students who spend their entire college career at the University are required to take 3 W-courses in addition to Intellectual Heritage 51 and 52. One W-course must be outside the student's major, and one must be the capstone writing course designated by the major department.