W-course

[Boleslao Drinker]

Secondthe program is designed to provide students with substantial and effective instruction in writing. In other words, the goal of the program is not only to require students to write, but also to ensure that they receive guidance, instruction and formative feedback while they are writing. This instruction is typically embedded in an iterative process in which students write drafts of their work; get feedback from their instructor; and then revise their drafts based on that feedback. This opportunity to get feedback on and then revise drafts is essential to the development of excellence in writing, and it is a feature of every w-course at Temple.

If you want to enroll in one of the writing seminars in political science, you need to go to the political science department to obtain a permission number. Please note that the w-courses in the political science department are called "capstone" seminars and they will NOT count for the capstone requirement in the P&P major. In other words, the term "capstone" means something different for P&P majors than it does for political science majors.

Here are some suggestions for w-courses outside of political science and philosophy that you can substitute for w-courses in the P&P major for the 2022 Spring Term (2224). Please note that there may be multiple sections of these courses, not all of which are writing intensive, so you need to ensure that the course you are selecting is designated as a w-course. Also, this list is accurate as of October 14, 2021; some of these courses may have been canceled since that date and no longer appear in PeopleSoft.

If you are interested in enrolling in any of these, make certain to review the course requisites and obtain a permission number if appropriate. Similarly, you may need to obtain a permission number if a course requires department consent, as you need to do in order to enroll in any political science capstone (w-course) seminar.

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