Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Writing majors introduction 1
5. Partie I Writing Departments
6. 1 Depaul univers ity’s major in writing, rhetoric, and discourse 11
7. 2 Reshaping the ba in professional and technical writing at the university of arkansas at little rock 22
8. 3 The university of rhode island’s major in writing and rhetoric 36
9. 4 Reforming and transforming writing in the liberal arts context: the writing department at loyola university maryland 47
10. 5 Fifteen years strong: the department of writing at the university of central arkansas 62
11. 6 Oakland university’s major in writing and rhetoric 73
12. 7 Embracing the humanities 85
13. 8 Building a writing major at metropolitan state university 98
14. 9 Writers among engineers and scientists 106
15. 10 Writing as an art and profession at york college 119
16. Partie II English Departments
17. 11 They could be our students 137
18. 12 Two strikes against 150
19. 13 “what? we ’re a writing major? ” 163
20. 14 A matter of design 175
21. 15 Renegotiating the tensions between the theoretical and the practical 190
22. 16 From “emphasis” to Fourth-Largest Major 205
23. 17 Columbia college ’s english major 218
24. 18 Seeking growth through independence 228
25. Afterword Finding the bigger picture 241
26. Appendix 249
27. Contributors 258
28. Index 265