Required Proficiencies - Baccalaureate Programs

The ability to communicate and use information effectively is critical to both professional achievement and the fulfillment of public responsibilities and personal relationships. The faculty at the College of St. Catherine support and encourage the development of oral and written communication and information and technology skills. Throughout the curriculum, whether core requirements or courses directly associated with your major, you will learn to communicate to a variety of audiences and access and manipulate information in myriad ways. The College provides a Writing/Reading Center with professional and student staff ready to assist you to improve your communication skills and a Computing Services Center that offers training and help desk support for your academic computing needs.

BACCALAUREATE WRITING REQUIREMENT
Clear, eloquent writing opens doors to worlds students aspire to enter. At the College of St. Catherine, writing competency is required of all students as part of the basic process of earning a degree. To this end, each student must take four writing-intensive courses. This College writing requirement is fulfilled in the following ways:

CORE WRITING REQUIREMENT
Both CORE 1000 The Reflective Woman and CORE 3990 Global Search for Justice are writing-intensive courses. Successful completion of the two courses fulfills two writing-intensive course requirements.

WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR MAJOR
You must take one writing-intensive course, or the equivalent of one writing-intensive course, in your major. In those disciplines where the writing requirement has been integrated throughout the departmental curriculum, you fulfill the major’s writing requirement through drafting and redrafting a sequence of writing assignments in several courses, following plans specially devised for majors. If you plan to complete a major through another Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) school, you should consult with the dean of arts and sciences to determine the St. Catherine’s writing-intensive course(s) related to your major
that can satisfy this component of the writing requirement.

FOURTH COURSE REQUIREMENT
A fourth and final writing-intensive course may be taken in the form of any other writing-intensive course, whether elective or required for a major or minor course of study. ENGL 2000 Writing for Life: Developing Skill and Confidence, a composition course with emphases upon the writing process, drafting techniques and concerns with audience, is recommended for students wanting a course focusing exclusively upon writing. All writing-intensive courses are indicated by a “WRIT” course attribute (see online course catalog and course schedule). A list of the courses that meet this requirement for the 2007–08 academic year are listed below.

LIST OF WRITING INTENSIVE COURSE FOR 2007-2008*
*List is subject to change.

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This page was created on 06/03/2005 and last updated on 03/19/2009.
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