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add What are the prerequisites for the Instructor Assistants (IA) position?

to receive an invitation to participate after these prerequisites are complete.

add What kinds of things do IAs do?

IAs serve as tutors for small sections (about 10-12) of students who are taking Comm 101. IAs listen to preliminary speeches, letting students know whether they need to retake a speech or move to the next speech. IAs provide feedback on speeches and written assignments, and they give coaching for improved performance on all course requirements.

add How do I go about getting an IA position?

After you have completed the prerequisites described above and received an invitation to be an IA, let the Director of 101 know when you want to register for Comm 450, 451.

add Do undergraduates assist in any other Comm courses besides 101?

Occasionally Communication Studies instructors request that outstanding students serve as Instructor Assistants in other courses. The student will typically have taken the course with the instructor in a prior quarter and shown strong ability and motivation.

add Auditing

Auditors are persons who desire to attend courses without earning credit. Admission as an auditor requires prior approval of the instructor and the Registrar’s Office.

add Course Fees

Students registering in certain courses are charged additional fees for purchase of special laboratory and studio supplies and for special services such as music practice room rentals. These fees are listed with each course in the online Timetable of Classes.

add Course Numbering

Courses numbered from 100 to 299 are classified as lower division; those numbered from 300-499 as upper division. Generally, the first digit of a course number indicates its intended class level:

add Course Reference Numbers

Indicate CRNs on all registration forms (e.g. 13002). All Fall Quarter CRNs begin with a 4, Winter Quarter CRNs begin with a 1, Spring Quarter CRNs begin with a 2 and Summer Quarter CRNs begin with a 3.

add Course Repeats

A few courses are approved to be repeated for credit. Such approval is included with the course description in the WWU University Catalog. If a course not designated as repeatable for credit is re-taken, the following will apply:

add Course Withdrawal

Course Withdrawal that occur prior to the fifth day of the quarter are considered to be a change of initial registration and results in no entry on the permanent record (transcript). To withdraw from a course during the first five days of the quarter,a student must complete the transaction on Web4U.

add Directed Independent Study

It is recommended that no more than 10 credits of directed independent study be applied toward the degree, although some programs are more restrictive.

COVID-19 Safety Information for Students

Per the Fall Quarter 2021 Memorandum of Understanding, following is suggested syllabus language.

Academic Honesty Policy

Academic dishonesty is not tolerated at Western Washington University. A student commits an act of academic dishonesty when he or she participates in representing work of their own when in fact it is the work of another.

Attendance Policy

Course attendance normally is required by the instructor.

Religious Accommodation

Overview: Western provides reasonable accommodation for students to take holidays for reasons of faith or conscience or for organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or religious organization.

Sexual Discrimination Prohibited

This institution will not tolerate any form of sexual assault or harassment, within the WWU Student Conduct Code; WAC 516-21-180 Sex Discrimination: Disparate treatment or disparate impact based on an individual’s sex.

Structural Equity and Bias Response Team

SEBRT consists of a Bias Response Team and a Structural Equity Team. These two teams work together to support people impacted by bias incidents and examine and offer alternatives to conditions at Western that give rise to such incidents.

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100-Level English Courses

200-Level English Courses

  • ENG 201 Writing in Humanities
    Notes & Prerequisites: ENG 101. CCOM. English 201 is a composition course that offers advanced instruction and practice in writing using ideas, texts, and questions from a specified topic in the humanities. This section of 201 will examine the social significance, cultural power, and persona…
  • ENG 202 Writing About Literature
    Notes & Prerequisites: ENG 101. BCOM. This course will focus on writing as an essential part of the process of engaging works of literature. Attention will be given to the formal or structural dimensions of the literary work as well as to the subject matter. We will also explore ways in whi…
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300-Level English Courses

  • ENG 301 Wrtg& Public
    Notes & Prerequisites: ENG 101; junior status; or instructor permission. WP3. The field of Writing Studies is new to many students, who are used to English classes being focused on either literature or creative writing. The lit course might include readings of, say, slave narratives of Am…
  • ENG 302 Technical Writing
    Notes & Prerequisites: ENG 101; junior status. WP3. Students engage with the rhetorical and technical practices for creating user-friendly content. Topics include document design, information architecture, and sentence-level efficacy. The course covers a variety of technical g…
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400-Level English Courses

  • ENG 401 Sr Writing Studies/Rhet Sem
    Notes & Prerequisites: ENG 301 or ENG 302 or ENG 370 or ENG 371, or instructor permission; senior status. Disability Rhetoric Disability means different things depending on your point of view. From a medical perspective, disability has to do with the body. From a legal perspective, di…
  • ENG 406 Topics:Critical/Culturl Theory
    Notes & Prerequisites:ENG 313 or ENG 314; two courses from: ENG 307-347, ENG 364 or ENG 371. When asked to identify the insight inspiring Anti-Oedipus, the book he had written together with Félix Guattari that was published in 1972, Gilles Deleuze responded that they wished to over…
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Graduate English Courses

  • ENG 501 Literary Theories Practices
    This course is designed to prepare you for graduate-level study. It should do two things. First, give you a (very) selective overview of key movements in critical theory and literary schools of criticism. We can’t cover the enormous range of topics addressed by literary and cultural theory i…
  • ENG 506 Multigenre
    Initially restricted to MFA candidates. The graduate program coordinator will contact graduate students with information regarding the when MA candidates can register. Welcome! In this class, we will reflect upon some oddly permeable literary forms: the memoir, the autobiographical nov…
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