Students fulfill these requirements through stand-alone courses, whose subject matter is the skill, and enriched courses , which use the skill in support of learning of a different subject matter. Stand-alone courses carry two learning units while enriched courses carry one learning unit. A. Written Expression Graduates should be able to write fluently and coherently for a variety of purposes and in a variety of contexts. The remaining learning units are taken through a combination of stand-alone and enriched courses. Students have multiple writing opportunities, receive feedback on their writing, and some opportunity for revision.
Writing is at least a quarter of the course work.
B. Oral Expression Graduates should be able to speak fluently and coherently for a variety of purposes and in a variety of contexts. Videotaping may be used. Students have multiple speaking opportunities and receive feedback on their speaking. Speaking is at least a quarter of the course work. Foundational skills requirements to be implemented fall 2003.