Back to Resources Page

      Writing Assignments From Across the Curriculum

     Below, you'll find a variety of writing assignments used in different disciplines across our campus.  They are grouped roughly by the thinking/writing skills they require.  You can see that each writing assignment requires that students apply these skills within a context.  
     Though with stand-alone writing courses (not part of coordinated studies) we might lack this sense of context that disciplinary courses have, we can create a meaningful context for our own writing assignments by requiring our students to respond to specific themes and readings (this can also help prevent plagiarism!).  
       One way to use this page as a resource would be to share with students how the thinking/writing skills in your assignments relate to writing in other courses on campus -- and provide examples.