The English Department Writing Center

Location: LC 206

Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-7:00pm; Friday, 8:00am-1:00pm

Click on the link below to see the Writing Center tutors' schedule for Spring 2009:

Writing Center Tutors' Schedule

English 33 is a half-unit, credit/no credit, open entry/open exit course that provides students with access to tutors in the Writing Center.  It is designed to provide assistance for students for any writing needs: philosophy, sociology, fine arts, earth science, personal statements, job applications--any writing needs! Check the current schedule of classes for section numbers. Students may enroll up until the 17th week of the semester.

Goal: The main goal of English 33 and the Writing Center is to help students learn how to become more effective and confident writers.

Purpose: The assistance students receive from Writing Center staff and the revision work students do as a result is important to their success as a writers.  This help will give students additional opportunity, over and above their class work, to improve their writing.

What The Writing Center Can Do to Help a Student:

• Generate ideas for writing assignments
• Clarify the purpose and structure of a paper
• Fully develop a student's idea
• Make writing more clear and understandable
• Identify grammar problems
• Use writing reference sources
• Develop the writing process (and thus a student's confidence)
• Provide instruction in correct format, including MLA
• Evaluate non-course writing such as resumes, letters, or assignments for other classes

What The Writing Center Cannot Do:

• Proofread, edit, or otherwise "correct" students' papers for them
• Choose students' topics for them
• Dictate what students should write
• Guarantee students a better grade
• Type students' papers for them
• Tell students what their teacher "wants" from them
• Provide much in the way of useful assistance if students show up an hour before a paper is due
• Read more than one paper per session