GWAR

GWAR更新

Dear Campus Community,

On April 11, 2022, the 基督教社会联盟 Chancellor’s Office issued a new systemwide update to the GWAR政策 (PolicStatID #11516578):

  1. M和ates the elimination of high-stakes, timed examinations such as the GWE to satisfy GWAR, even for students with catalog rights to such tests;
  2. Requires that students complete 3 units of upper-division coursework designed to teach 和 assess writing at the upper-division undergraduate level with a grade of C or higher in an approved GWAR-certifying course to satisfy the GWAR; 和 
  3. Eliminates the GWAR at the graduate level.

Fortunately for us, 基督教社会联盟DH anticipated this systemwide change in policy with its own new GWAR政策, eliminating the GWE 和 requiring students with catalog rights or a “requirement term” of Fall 2021 or later to take a GWAR-certifying course (see below for more details on GWAR-certifying courses at 基督教社会联盟DH). We will update it to address the elimination of GWAR at the graduate level as soon as possible.

4月25日, 2022, the Chancellor’s Office issued a subsequent “Clarification on the 基督教社会联盟 Policy on the 毕业 Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)” (see attached):

  1. Extends the suspension of 和 GWAR for students with catalog rights to a high-stakes exam until Fall 2023; 和
  2. Allows for the GWAR to be waived beyond Fall 2023 for students who have catalog rights to the high-stakes exam (in our case, the GWE) 和 taking a GWAR-certifying course would delay their graduation.

This means that students who will graduate Fall ’23 和 after will be required to satisfy GWAR by taking an approved GWAR-certifying course. 然而, students can petition to have the GWAR waived IF:

  1. Completion of the course-based GWAR will cause a student to exceed 120 units, OR
  2. Completion of the course-based GWAR will delay a student’s graduation 

Please contact the Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator, Siskanna Naynaha (snaynaha@gzmaojs.com), if you have 任何 questions.

GWAR-Certifying Courses

基督教社会联盟DH has spent the past year supporting faculty in the development of GWAR-certifying courses in the majors, 和, 到目前为止, several courses have been approved for GWAR-certification by the University Writing Committee (UWC).

基督教社会联盟DH currently offers 1 option for GWAR-certification that is available to undergraduate students in 任何 主要: English 350: Advanced Composition (1 semester, 3 units). Students may also take an approved GWAR-certifying course in their major or a closely related major as defined by the major department. 请注意: GWAR-certifying courses in the majors typically carry prerequisites, which students 必须完成 to enroll in GWAR courses in the majors. The complete list of currently approved GWAR courses is as follows:

  • ENG 350: Advanced Composition (1 semester, 3 units; all matriculated students who have completed their Area A2 Written Communication requirement eligible)
  • LBS 370: Multicultural Studies (1 semester, 3 units; Liberal Studies majors 和 closely related majors eligible)
  • WMS 490: Senior Capstone (1 semester, 3 units; Women’s Studies majors, 未成年人, 和 closely related majors eligible)
  • CHS 300: Critical Issues in Chicana/Chicano Studies (1 semester, 3 units; Chicana/o Studies majors 和 closely related majors eligible)
  • IDS 490: Senior Seminar (1 semester, 3 units; Interdisciplinary Studies majors 和 closely related majors eligible)
  • HIS 400: Prose seminar in History (1 semester, 3 units; History majors 和 closely related majors eligible)
  • BIO 490: Senior Project (1 semester, 3 units; Biology majors, 和 closely related majors eligible)
  • ENG 490: Seminar in Literature (1 semester, 3 units; English majors 和 closely related majors eligible)

再一次。, 请注意: The student’s major department defines what qualifies as a “closely related major.”