Thinking with Writing comprises a suite of topic-based, interdisciplinary courses which aim to impart students with transferable skills in academic inquiry, writing and research. Syllabi are designed to encourage students to compare multiple disciplinary perspectives on complex issues, understand how disciplinary frameworks shape how a question is formulated and discern the strengths and weaknesses of individual disciplinary approaches. Students learn to read and evaluate arguments, formulate interesting questions, develop their own arguments and participate in an ongoing academic debate. All writing assignments are sequenced in such a way that they build on one another, each adding to the skills that students have gained from a previous assignment. Major writing assignments are scaffolded or systematically broken down into manageable tasks: students submit proposals and drafts for review, provide feedback to their peers, attend individual (or small-group) conferences with their instructor and finally, revise their drafts. Through the process of drafting and redrafting their essay, students have multiple opportunities to refine their ideas and improve their writing skills. The transferable skills in which students are trained serve as a foundation for their ongoing development at NUS College.
Note: NTW modules have no S/U option
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