Matt Buckmaster from the Department of Music describes his Writing Excellence Initiative Grant Project.
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Global Commons 203
Primary Audiences
Faculty who teach a GST/COR Interdisciplinary Seminar or a study abroad/USA course; teaching faculty interested in an online comprehensive capstone writing project for a course or program.
Open to all faculty, staff, and students
As the integrative core curriculum capstone, the COR (GST) Interdisciplinary Seminar is unique in that it is the only course that every undergraduate student absolutely must take during his or her studies at Elon. Within the many manifestations of the course is also a shared COR Capstone Project, which serves as a culmination of each Elon students’ studies in the liberal arts and sciences. This presentation will explore the critical role of writing in that shared undergraduate project as implemented in a winter term study abroad course (the first of its kind at Elon). Interdisciplinary research, scaffolding of assignments, and actualization through an interactive website/blog will be among the topics covered, and final student projects will also be shared with preliminary assessment data.