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Nicolas, Maureen O’Day; Annous, Samer – Business Communication Quarterly, 2013
This study investigates syllabi for evidence of the principles of writing across the curriculum (WAC) in courses offered by the Faculty of Business (FOB) at a university operating in a non–English-speaking country. The research analyzed all syllabi of FOB courses offered in the spring 2010 semester for evidence of WAC looking for indications of…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Business Education, Course Descriptions, Educational Principles
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Snodgrass, Sara E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
Described are practical ways in which writing can be used to help students learn the concepts and methods of social psychology. These include keeping a course log (a type of journal), writing analyses of published articles, doing an observational study, and writing a formal research report. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
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Beers, Susan E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
The portfolio writing assignment given to students in a life span developmental psychology course required that they complete 10-15 typewritten pages of writing for the course. Students were allowed to choose their own projects; for example, they might write about an interview they had conducted, or discuss an outside reading. (RM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Descriptions, Developmental Psychology, Higher Education