Re: the 'logic' of training tutors thru' EN

[Wes Chapman <wchapman@titan.iwu.edu>]

Our training course is English 236x: Tutoring Writing.  To be honest,
though, I don't see that there *is* any logical reason for it to be
designated as an English course.  It does not count for students as a major
requirement, has no affiliation with the department's writing
concentration, enrolls at least as many students from outside English as
students within, has no special pedagogical affiliation with any other
course in the department, and does not count in my teaching load.  The only
reason that it got an English designation is that I'm in the English Dept.
and there was no other institutional structure available through which I
could propose a course to our Curriculum Council.

Wes



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