On Behalf of BVU English Faculty Jim McFadden Kathy Kapitan

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On Behalf of BVU English FacultyJim McFadden
Kathy Kapitan

• Documentation Secrets from the World of Written
  Communication
• I and II
• (The Big Secret is
• There are no Secrets)

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University Core Requirements

• Written Communication I
• ENGL 100
• Written Communication II
• ENGL 200

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• The Recent DWC Program Review Reports
• Almost all SL DWCs (95) require documented
  research papers.
• Twice as many SL DWCs require APA style
  documentation as require MLA style (2412).

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Topics for Today

• Objectives for ENGL 100
• Today, in All Sections of 100
• Objectives for ENGL 200
• Today, in All Sections of 200
• Additionally, in Some Sections of ENGL 100 and
  200
• In Spite of These Efforts

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In May of 2003, BVU English faculty approved the
following objectives (among others) for Written
Communications I ENGL 100.
Objectives for ENGL 100
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• Students learn to employ MLA documentation.
• Students are introduced to APA documentation.
• Students accomplish appropriate library research
  in available media library books, library
  database articles, world wide web.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 100

• Three of the four required papers require
  documented research.
• Every student receives a comprehensive
  introduction to the MLA documentation system,
  including requirements for in-text and
  bibliography citations, quotation methods,
  document design, etc.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 100

• Every student receives a general introduction to
  the APA documentation system.
• Every student is required to purchase and use a
  handbook that covers MLA and APA documentation.
  All but one of the handbooks currently in use
  also cover CBE and Chicago documentation.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 100

• Every student is required to evaluate their
  sources, including critical analysis of offline
  and online sources, and primary and secondary
  sources.
• Every student is taught to distinguish between
  primary and secondary sources.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 100

• Every student receives an introduction to
  plagiarism, paraphrase, quotation, summary,
  citation ethics, and credible use of research.
• Every student is required to write a research
  paper (average length of 5-8 pages).

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 100

• Every student is required to use the library as
  one source for their research.
• Every student is introduced to varied types of
  sources, location of sources, use of sources, and
  how to incorporate sources.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 100

• All but one professor links the course directly
  with library.
• All students receive an introduction to library
  research.

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Objectives for ENGL 200

• In May of 2003, English faculty approved the
  following objectives (among others) for Written
  Communications II
• ENGL 200.

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• Students learn to employ sophisticated research
  and organizational techniques, a variety of
  sentence patterns, mature diction, and
  well-supported claims.
• Students accomplish critical assessment of
  library research in available media library
  books and journals, database articles, and
  sources from the world wide web.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 200

• Research and documentation is required in at
  least 3 of the 4 required papers.
• Students are required to distinguish between
  primary and secondary sources.
• Several professors require papers in MLA and APA
  styles, depending on students' majors.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 200

• Documentation expertise is presumed and
  reinforced in 200.
• Several professors provide course work and
  research on scholarly journals in varied fields.
• Students are required to consider and research
  arguments from all perspectives as part of
  preparation for rebuttal arguments.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 200

• Documentation is covered in all but one of the
  texts currently used in 200s professors make use
  of online documentation sources such as textbook
  supplement sites, Noodles (a subscription site
  that accompanies some textbooks), the Purdue OWL,
  the OWL at the University of Missouri, as well as
  resources provided through the BVU library
  homepages.

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Today, in All Sections of ENGL 200

• Students are required to purchase a handbook that
  covers MLA and APA documentation. All but one of
  the handbooks currently in use also covers CBE
  and Chicago systems. Most of the argumentation
  readers used in ENGL 200s also cover MLA and APA
  documentation.

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Additionally, in Some Sections of ENGL 100 and 200

• Several professors use assignments and show films
  on documentation.
• Several professors require students to critically
  evaluate sources within the papers.
• Some professors limit the research media students
  can use in their papers Some professors require
  comprehensive topic searches in all media.

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In Spite of These Efforts

• Faculty can expect students need to understand
  how a citation style is attached to the
  discipline.
• Faculty can expect students need updates on
  disciplinary styles of documentation.
• Faculty can expect students need to ask questions
  about documentation styles.