This overview provides a starting place for teachers working in the Southern Polytechnic State University Writing Program. Please consult program syllabi for additional information. The Writing Program at Southern Polytechnic State University is defined by a common set of guidelines and objectives found in the department Course Syllabi for 1101 and 1102. Communally designed by the Composition Committee, these courses are based on current research and pedagogy in composition studies. Writing should be seen as a meaning-making activity.
Writing is both a personal and social activity.
Writing classes should involve the related activities of writing, reading, speaking, and thinking. Writing is a rhetorical act that asks students to write for varied purposes and audiences. You are responsible for distributing these to students on the first day of classes. We require teachers to create their own supplemental sheets which address information such as absence policies, office hours, evaluation methods, classroom activities, conference policies, homework assignments, etc. The more specific information you include in these materials the better.