Eloquentia Perfecta / EP: WVC Overview / WVC Course Design Materials
Students who complete this Core component will be able to:
Write and design purposeful messages and arguments attuned to the particularities of context and audience
Analyze written and visual messages and arguments from appropriate sources from multiple and contradictory perspectives
Summarize, paraphrase, and quote from appropriate sources in support of specific claims
Critically evaluate their own and others’ rhetorical choices
Develop their written and visual claims through several stages of invention and revision
Reflect on the ways in which rhetorically proficient written and visual communication contributes to ethical public discourse
Eloquentia Perfecta: Written and Visual courses must be directed toward achievement of their Core component learning outcomes in order to introduce and develop the relevant Core SLOs connected to this course in the overall Core design.
SLO 2: All SLU graduates will be able to integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines to address complex questions
Eloquentia Perfecta: Written and Visual courses must introduce students to the practice of integrating knowledge from multiple disciplines to address complex questions.
SLO 3: ALL SLU graduates will be able to assess evidence and draw reasoned conclusions
Eloquentia Perfecta: Written and Visual courses should introduce students to skills needed to assess evidence and draw reasoned conclusions.
SLO 4: ALL SLU graduates will be able to communicate effectively in writing, speech, and visual media.
Eloquentia Perfecta: Written and Visual courses should introduce students to and develop students' ability to communicate effectively in writing, speech, and visual media.
SLO 8: All SLU graduates will be able to collaborate with others toward a common goal.
Eloquentia Perfecta: Written and Visual courses should introduce students to collaborating with others toward a common goal.
All sections must be capped at 20 students (per standards for writing courses set by national professional organizations, e.g., Conference on College Composition and Communication and best practices benchmarks for post-graduate programs, e.g. University of Missouri Medical School)
Instructors without prior experience teaching equivalent courses must receive training in best practices in writing pedagogy prior to teaching this course. All instructors will be provided with appropriate pedagogical orientation as needed and as determined by the Associate Director for Eloquentia Perfecta: Written and Visual Communication
Writing and visual design instruction must be central to the course. If courses include thematic content, such content must be secondary to and supportive of the primary course goals of developing students’ written and visual communication skills
Both formal and informal writing and visual communication assignments must be spread throughout the term
Students must have the opportunity to develop written and visual communication through processes that involve several stages of invention and revision
Student writing and projects should be workshopped by the instructor and peers in class and in conferences
Instructors must assign a minimum of 5000 words (approximately 20 pages) of formal and informal expository prose that students produce by the end of the term. Total word count may include outlines or drafts as well as final projects.
You can access SLU's Writing Program website here for multiple resources that will help you with syllabus design and writing pedagogy.