Learning and Academic Resource Center (LARC) writing specialists work together with Humanities Core students to answer the following four questions:

What am I supposed to do? We review the assignment sheet to identify key expectations.

How do I meet the expectations of the assignment?

• Generate good ideas. We help you analyze and understand Core readings and recognize important connections between readings and lectures, so that you can both appreciate the worth of ideas you already have and develop new ones.
• Create structures in which to present your ideas. Workshops will assist you in planning an appropriate presentation strategy.
• Develop needed skills. We will help you develop necessary academic skills such as using definition in argumentation and recognizing arguments embedded in text.

Did I fulfill the expectations of the assignment?

• Workshops review models of clear exposition so that you can develop critical judgment and critique your own work.
• Individual conferences provide you an opportunity to work with a writing specialist  to refine your thesis, ensure that you have made worthwhile claims and have supported them with convincing evidence, develop effective arguments and language.

How can I improve my paper? LARC writing specialists will help you develop a response to your own critique and to the critiques of others including instructors and peers.