Putting words on paper is more than a technical skill; it is a network of evolving goals, activities, and learning processes that are at once very individual and socially created. This network changes over time and in response to both outside circumstances and the growth of the individual writer. In your sophomore year, once you have fulfilled your first-year writing requirement, you take your intermediate writing course, some version of 367. Most sections are offered by the English Department, but faculty in psychology offer one or more sections a year, which are typically selected by those planning to major in psychology.
Each section of 367 has a theme determined by the university and indicated by a decimal: for example, 367.01 is "The U.S. Experience," 367.02 is "The American Experience as Reflected Through Literature," and 367.03 is "African American Voices." Any form of 367 has as its focus to promote an understanding of American institutions and the pluralistic nature of American society, so that students can understand the diversity that is central to American culture and the values of tolerance and equality that characterize American society. Some sections of 367 are labeled "C" because the use of computers is routine and essential to the functioning of the course.
367 extends some of the goals of 110, such as learning to revise, developing a deeper knowledge of language and learning, and discussing reading and writing with others in order to obtain and offer feedback, share ideas, and practice analytic reasoning and critical thinking. In addition to these goals, the 367 curriculum enables students:
To develop additional, flexible strategies for generating ideas and addressing the expectations of audiences
To develop their abilities to analyze and interpret texts of various kinds
To use evidence from diverse sources in exposition and argumentation
To write longer and more complex essays
To incorporate sources appropriately and correctly
To place themselves in dialogue with voices and phenomena from diverse sources in culture and literature
To cultivate speaking and presentation skills
You can expect to complete 15-20 pages of revised, final drafts in response to the three major assignments and 10-15 pages in response to alternative forms of writing such as journals, skill practice pieces, and the like.