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Brent, Doug – College Composition and Communication, 2005
Academically oriented first-year seminars can be good venues for teaching many of the concepts important to WAC programs, including extended engagement with a research topic and situated writing. A qualitative study of a first-year seminar program at the University of Calgary highlights faculty members' and students' responses.
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, First Year Seminars, Writing Instruction, College Students