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.