Report and Recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Basic Education Requirements, 1988
Item
Title
Report and Recommendations from the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Basic Education Requirements, 1988
Type
Report
Creator
Frank Bean, Allen Bizzell, Wallace Fowler (committee chair), Michael katz, Ken Kirk, Mel Oakes, Charles Roeckle, Ricardo Romo, Diane Schallert, Pamela Shoemaker, William Sutherland
Date
18 April 1988
Description
This is the "Fowler" report that eventually led to the substantial writing component (SWC) initiative. The Fowler report begins with the Basic Education Requirements implemented in 1982-4 (Vick Report recommendations), focusing on the strain caused by the added requirement that departments offer SWC courses. The committee recommends that at least half of the SWC credits be earned in a student’s major department, suggesting that students take 6 hours of writing credits in the English department (E 306, E 316K, and E 309) and 6 outside of English.
Temporal Coverage
1982-1987