Administration
Writing Program Administrator: Lauren Rosenberg
“Lauren Rosenberg joined the faculty in English as Writing Program Administrator and Associate Department Head in 2016 after ten years at Eastern Connecticut State University where she was an associate professor and first year writing coordinator. She is the author of The Desire for Literacy: Writing in the Lives of Adult Learners (CCCC/NCTE 2015). Threaded through all of Rosenberg’s scholarship is a commitment to examining and advocating for equity through community engagement and public activism. Rosenberg’s early work in service learning and composition with newly arrived immigrant groups led to a career-long interest in the literacy practices of underrepresented populations. Her literacy research extends from the study of adult learners in her book to a current longitudinal project on the writing practices of military veterans while in service in relation to the practices they develop as university students and teachers. From her experiences in areas of public activism, Rosenberg has learned to encourage students to always look beyond the confines of the university so that they might understand how their writing can serve multiple purposes, such as problem solving, reflection, and interrogation of power relations. The same feminist imperative that informs her research—of listening intensively for more honest critical “action in cross-boundary exchange” (Jacqueline Jones Royster)—also shapes her teaching and administrative practices.”
Writing Program Coordinators: Patrick DeSimio, Natalie Taylor, Robyn Tierney, Karen Tellez-Trujillo
ENG 111: Rhetoric and Composition
Students who do not score a College Level Examination Program subject exam in freshman college composition with a score of 57 (top quartile) or higher must take one of the following:
“ENGL 111G (gen ed) or ENGL 111GH (honors) or ENGL 111M (multilingual writers). Students may satisfy English basic skills by passing ENGL 111G, ENGL 111H, or ENGL 111M with a grade of C- or higher.
English (ENGL) 111G Rhetoric and Composition – 4 credit hours
Rhetoric and Composition is a required general education course that uses rhetorical concepts to help students study and practice writing. The course emphasizes revision and multiple drafting as students develop an understanding of how critical reflection, analysis, and research can aid them in responding to writing situations. The concepts and ideas introduced in this course will prepare students to ask questions about writing, strategize responses, and use writing processes to make their writing persuasive and polished. ENGL 111G requires students to participate in 3-face-to-face hours and 1-web hour per week.
Special sections of ENGL 111 are offered for students in Engineering, Animal Sciences, and in the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP).
English (ENGL) 111GH Rhetoric and Composition Honors – 4 credit hours
Students who received an ACT standard English score of 25 or higher may choose to enroll in an honors section of English 111. ENGL 111H fulfills the same requirement as ENGL 111G.
English (ENGL) 111M Rhetoric and Composition for Multilingual Writers – 4 credit hours
(formerly SPCD 111G Advanced ESL Composition)
For international and multilingual students. Rhetoric and Composition for Multilingual Writers is a required general education course that uses rhetorical concepts to help students study and practice writing. The course emphasizes revision and multiple drafting as students develop an understanding of how critical reflection, analysis, and research can aid them in responding to writing situations. The concepts and ideas introduced in this course will prepare students to ask questions about writing, strategize responses, and use writing processes to make their writing persuasive and polished. Prerequisites: placement into ENGL 111M determined by English Language Placement Test (ELPT), or SPCD 110, or approval by Writing Program Administrator. Restricted to Las Cruces campus only.”
Writing in the Disciplines (post ENG 111)
“After successfully completing ENGL 111 or its equivalent, NMSU students are required to take a 200-level writing course. Credit for ENGL 111 is a prerequisite for every English course numbered 200 or above. See General Education Course Descriptions.
Successful completion of ENGL 111 (C- or above) or equivalent is a prerequisite for every English course numbered 200 or above.
ENGL 203G Business and Professional Communication – 3 credit hours
ENGL 211G Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences – 3 credit hours
ENGL 218G Technical and Scientific Communication – 3 credit hours
ENGL 311G Advanced Composition – 3 credit hours
ENGL 318G Advanced Technical and Professional Communication – 3 credit hours”
Writing Program Services
Writing Center – undergraduate and graduate students; by appointment or walk-in; available to help during any stage of the writing process; in-person and online consultations; provides extra resources for writing.
The Creative Research Center – “It operates as a media and technology/critical making lab, supporting and encouraging creative and research activity for faculty, instructors, and students in the Department, as well as hosting frequent workshops on the use of media, technology, and makerspaces in research, creative work, pedagogy, and activities that blur those distinctions.”