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At Moravian College, the Communication course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the writing process, designed to help freshmen develop strategies for solving problems at each stage of writing. The course is unique in that it is not meant to be taught exclusively by members of the English department and is taught in close alliance with another course in the core curriculum. Students are required tc write regularly, using techniques including freewriting, focused freewriting, descriptive responding, and descriptive outlires. Other instructional techniques include small group work and peer tutoring. Students ' writing is assessed by both the English and non-English instructors, and informally evaluated by their peers. These instructional and assessment techniques are also appropriate for undergraduate psychology courses. For example, freewriting is a way of teaching students to generate ideas fo