The Undergraduate Writing Major: What Is It? What Should It Be?

Deborah Balzhiser; Susan H. McLeod

doi:10.58680/ccc20109954

College Composition and Communication Feb 2010

The Undergraduate Writing Major: What Is It? What Should It Be?

Deborah Balzhiser ; Susan H. McLeod

Abstract

Using the data collected by the CCCC Committee on the Major, the authors demonstrate how quickly the writing major is growing, map the commonalities among various majors, discuss some of the problems in developing a major, and raise questions about what a writing major should be.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2010-02-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20109954
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Topics: advanced composition graduate education
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