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Mission Statement of
the Writing Program
In keeping with the mission of the Brooklyn campus of Long
Island University to provide access to higher education for
students from diverse backgrounds, the Writing Program enables
students to succeed in their academic, professional, and civic
lives through its emphasis on the acquisition of advanced
literacy skills. We serve students entering the University
in the basic or first-year-writing course as well as students
in the undergraduate and graduate concentrations in Writing
and Rhetoric. Drawing on a range of rhetorical and literate
traditions and practices, the Writing Program fosters respect
for speakers of English as a Second Language and nonstandard
dialects while supporting the achievement of proficiency in
academic writing. In the Writing and Rhetoric concentrations,
the study of writing is premised on this understanding of
literacy and language as socially embedded.
Students
and faculty in the Writing Program engage in writing that
promotes rigorous analysis, sound argumentation, creative
expression, and grammatical competence. Such writing is practiced
through coursework that incorporates informal, expository,
critical, reflective, and research writing. We teach students
that close, interpretive reading and rhetorical awareness
of purpose, audience, and context are central to the development
of strong reading and writing abilities. With the rise of
information literacy and digital forms of communication, we
increasingly integrate appropriate forms of technology into
the classroom.
Whether
we are providing a foundation for written communication across
the disciplines or engaging in scholarly study of writing
and rhetoric, the Program prepares students to engage critically
and creatively in the academy and beyond.
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