Greg Giberson and Tom Moriarty have collected a rich volume that offers a state-of-the-field look at the question of the undergraduate writing major, a vital issue for compositionists as the discipline continues to evolve. What We Are Becoming provides an indispensable resource for departments and WPAs who are building undergraduate majors. Contributors to the volume address a range of vital questions for undergraduate programs, including such issues as the competition for majors within departments, the job market for undergraduates, varying focuses and curricula of such majors, and the formation of them in departments separate from English. Other chapters discuss the importance of flexibility, consider arguments for a rhetorical or civic discourse core for the writing major, address the relationship between rhetoric and composition majors, and review the role of multiliteracies in the major. The field of composition has not come to a consensus on the shape, content, or focus of the undergradutate major. But as individual programs develop and refine their curricula, one thing has become clear: we must think about them in ways that go beyond our particular circumstances, theorize them in ways that secure their place on our campuses and in our discipline for years to come. What We Are Becoming is an effort to do just that.
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Creative writing (Higher education)-- United States.
English language-- Rhetoric-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States.
English philology-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States.
Report writing-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States.
Writing centers-- United States.
Creative writing (Higher education)
EDUCATION-- Teaching Methods & Materials-- Arts & Humanities.
English language-- Rhetoric-- Study and teaching (Higher)
English philology-- Study and teaching (Higher)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Composition & Creative Writing.