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Abstract

This study aims to introduce the curriculum development process of Korea University’s common liberal arts subject College Writing and to discuss the contents of education and curriculum operation method. Until 2017, Korea University’s common writing education subject was Thinking and Writing I․II, but it has been recently necessary for the university to revamp the writing curriculum while the university has been placing importance on improving writing skills in writing education. For this reason, the Institute for General Education of Korea University has conducted a research on the development of the writing subject curriculum. The institute surveyed the needs of students in Thinking and Writing II in the second semester of 2017 and developed the training content and operation method of College Writing by combining the main content of college writing education and the survey results. College Writing, which has been operated from the first semester of 2018, aims to foster academic writing skills and to train students how to write college reports through process-based writing. The 16-week curriculum consists of the theory of writing, problem solving activities, writing feedback, and workshops. This curriculum actively reflects the needs of the students, allowing them to practice various writing styles, including but not limited to writing college reports, essays or reviews. Moreover, students have been able to get more strengthened feedback on their writings from the professors. All the students can get the same quality of education since all professors teaching this subject use the same materials and teaching plans.