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Gordon Rule and the Course Syllabus

The MDC criteria for “college-level writing” ideally should appear in the course syllabus, either embedded as guidelines/directions for each “college-level writing assignment” (criterion #1 of the MDC Gordon Rule requirements) or as general requirements for passing the course.

Let’s look at how one MDC professor has done this. Syllabus











































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