New Course Offered for Fall 1998 English 680W Writing Program Administration Purdue University  Fall 1998  Instructor: Professor Shirley K Rose

This is an important question for rhetoric and composition scholars, for at one or more points in their academic careers they almost certainly will be expected to work for a period as writing program administrators. The seminar will explore changes in the answers to this question, changes in approaches to answering it, and changes in who is authorized to ask and to answer it.

The seminar will address both theory and praxis of writing program administration for diverse writing programs (first-year composition, professional writing, writing centers, WAC programs) in a variety of institutional contexts.

Course readings and seminar discussions and activities will address themes such as the following:

1. ethical implications of defining the responsibilities of writing program administrators;
2. rhetorical strategies for documenting writing program administration;
3. institutional politics of characterizing writing program administration as "service," "teaching," and/or "research";
4. other issues suggested by students and course readings.

Course is required for Secondary Area in Writing Program Administration.

Course may count toward secondary area in Professional Writing.

Professor Shirley Rose, Department of English; phone 494-3730;

email: roses@purdue.edu