College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/Animal Science

Expiration Date: 1/1/12

• Proposal
• Syllabus

Donna Witt

5-7616
d-witt@tamu.edu 

We recommend that ANSC 491, Undergraduate Research with Writing Credit, be certified as a writing-intensive (W) course for the next four academic years (1/08 to 1/12). We have reviewed a representative syllabus and have determined that the course meets or exceeds the following criteria: 

1. Percentage of final grade based on writing quality: 100%
2. Course content appropriate to the major
3. Total number of words: 2000-3000+
4. Instructor to student ratio for one section: 1:3

Students will submit the literature review sections and research results sections of their papers early in the semester (before week 9) for written feedback from their faculty advisors. Students will participate in a required review in Week 10 in which a graduate student working with the faculty advisor will comment on their work up through the results section. In weeks 11-13 students will revise and add their discussion sections, appendices, and anything else required. During this time, students will have at least one conference with their faculty advisors about their work in progress. Workshops will be offered on issues that affect all our writers. Students will be required to attend three workshops.