Six Ways Goucher Students Achieve College Writing Proficiency

______Fall Year 1                   Spring Year1                Fall Year 2 __________

ROUTE 1—

for typical freshmen

            English 104       à        English 105àCWP

______Fall Year 1                   Spring Year1                Fall Year 2 __________

ROUTE 2—

for typical freshmen who

don’t get CWP in English 105

            English 104       à        English 105       à        Writing Portfolio, or English 106

or a WAC courseàCWP

______Fall Year 1                   Spring Year1                Fall Year 2 __________

ROUTE 3—

for the least prepared freshmen

            English 103       à        English 104       à        English 106àCWP

                                                                                    (N.B.: NOT Fall 105,

                                                                                    for advanced placement FR only)

______Fall Year 1                   Spring Year1                Fall Year 2 __________

ROUTE 4—

for the fastest-learning 

103 freshmen

            English 103       à        English 105àCWP

______Fall Year 1                   Spring Year1                Fall Year 2 __________

ROUTE 5—

for the best-prepared freshmen in advanced

placement 105

            English 105àCWP

______Fall Year 1                   Spring Year1                Fall Year 2 __________

ROUTE 6—

for WAC/Port placement freshmen

and transfers with 1 or more successful

semesters of writing courses

            Submit 3-paper portfolio to Writing Program or take a WAC course àCWP

Transfer Students—

Depending on their skills, transfers can be placed in English 103, 104, 105, or 106, or they may be given a WAC/Port placement (see Route 6 above).  Because transfer students often under-perform on the Writing Placement Essay, it is especially important that they know about the Writing Portfolio as a means of challenging a low placement.

            For more information, please visit the Writing Program web site: http://faculty.goucher.edu/writingprogram.

An online version of this information is available at this web page:

http://faculty.goucher.edu/writingprogram/writing_portfolios.htm