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NOTE: The University Writing Center will be open during the Qtr. Break. Call for hours.

 

University Writing Center

Welcome to the University Writing Center’s homepage at CSULA. Our mission is to help each student who comes to us become a better writer and to help the CSULA faculty assign, grade, and respond to student writing effectively.

 

**Our office will be CLOSED on the following dates due to furloughs:

 

    Friday, November 6, 2009

    Friday, November 20, 2009

    Friday, December 4, 2009

    Friday, December 18, 2009

    Friday, January 8, 2010

 

We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Our office will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 26; Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

Fall Quarter 2009

-please note that tutoring begins at 9:00 a.m. M-F

 

Day: Time:
Mondays 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Thursdays 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Fridays** 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 

There will be NO extended hours for Fall 2009. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

The Writing Center offers a variety of services to the entire CSULA student body. You can come in with any type of writing assignment at any stage of the process. We can help you understand the assignment, organize and revise your paper. We can even help you learn to proofread for your most common mistakes. While you can drop in for tutoring, the best way to get one-on-one feedback is to make an appointment. That process is spelled out in detail on our Tutoring Services page. In addition to one-on-one tutoring for students we also offer workshops, support for the WPE, English 100, and Summer Bridge. If you’re interested in these services, please follow the links to the left.

 

The Writing Center provides tutoring and other assistance for all CSULA courses, from pre baccalaureate composition courses to graduate seminars. In general, these services are not remedial, but are instead a powerful alternative or supplement to traditional modes of classroom instruction. We are strongly focused on the long term development of individual writers rather than quick fixes for the paper at hand. Writing Center services and goals fall into four main categories:

Tutoring and Writing Workshops
 To provide one-on-one tutoring, writing workshops and in-class tutoring in order to help CSULA students become confident, fluent, college-level writers.

Writing Across the Curriculum
 To assist faculty in understanding student writing problems, integrating writing into their courses, making effective assignments, and in responding effectively to student writing.

Writing Proficiency Exam
 To provide student support services for the Writing Proficiency Exam including orientations for first-time takers, consultation and workshops for those who do not pass, and accurate information for all students, including advice and status information concerning the English requirement. We also strive to administer University 401 and the WPE Contract program in a way that motivates students to improve their writing skills and meet the WPE requirement in a timely manner.

Questions and Comments
 Please email if you have any questions at:
Lise Buranen (Faculty Director) lburane@calstatela.edu
Linda Zepeda (Office Manager) lzepeda@cslanet.calstatela.edu
 Nathaniel Ng (Webpage Author) nng@calstatela.edu

 

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Last Update: 10/20/2009