Student Manual (2012-2013 PDF) - Newberry College

Introduction: Communication Across the CurriculumCommunication is basic to all human activity. Your success in anything—a college course, extracurricularactivity, personal relationship, or a career—will depend on your ability not only tothink and act, but also to process ideas and communicate them to others. An education thatasked you to memorize facts but not analyze and express them would be useless.Your studies at Newberry College will challenge you not only to learn but also to communicate.One major learning tool to meet this challenge is the “Communication Across the CurriculumProgram” (CACP). By providing opportunities for you to use your communication skills at alllevels of college work, CACP helps you use written work to sharpen and demonstrate yourabilities to express yourself in different situations for different audiences. CACP activities aredivided into three categories:Level 1: At this level, you show your ability to write standard English at the college level. Studentswho pass English 111 with a “C” or above demonstrate Level 1 skills and are ready towrite Level 2 papers.Level 2: You will write your three Level 2 papers in such courses as ENG 112 (not in ENG111) or other introductory courses in various subjects. See list of academic areas on page 3.These papers build upon Level 1 skills to communicate on different topics.Level 3: Having mastered Level 1 and 2 skills, you will write three papers in courses withinyour academic major, demonstrating your mastery of the vocabulary, methods, and techniquesof that major.This manual describes the specific steps you will take to complete the Level 1 through 3 requirements,which you must complete to graduate from Newberry College. Your completion ofthis work will confirm not only that you have mastered a body of knowledge, but also that youhave the skills to communicate that knowledge. Whatever you do after college, your Newberrydiploma will be testimony to prospective employers, graduate schools, and others, that you havethe communication skills needed for personal and professional success.While not constituting a “contract,” this manual outlines the agreement among Newberry Collegefaculty, staff, and students to provide the resources, direction, and encouragement neededfor you to develop and demonstrate your communication abilities, and to fulfill the CACP requirements.This manual is divided into the following sections:Explanation of procedures and criteria for Level 1-3 RequirementsSupplementary information (checklist, academic honesty)If you have any questions not answered by this manual, or if anything in the manual is unclearto you, check with any of the faculty and staff members listed “Sources for Additional Information”(page 36).4