The Writing Initiative addresses the need to prepare undergraduate students in the Division of Social Sciences to write successfully, to engage more actively with course content, and to develop a sense of disciplinary belonging through writing. This initiative includes the following innovative programs:

• Quarterly faculty workshops that provide pedagogical tools for improving student writing (see dates to the right)

• A pilot study that works closely with participating faculty teaching upper-division courses to provide students with scaffolded writing assignments and individualized feedback from trained peer tutors

• A satellite Social Science Undergraduate Writing Center in Powell Library to support the writing and presentation needs of all students in the Division