SCPS Writing Guide

​​​​​​​​​​​​This guide contains resources, tips, and samples to help you become a better writer.
Questions? Email us at SCPSwriting@depaul.edu​.

Overview

DePaul University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies is committed to supporting writing development throughout the educational careers of all its students. The main sources of this support are the SCPS Writing Program and the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL). The UCWbL and SCPS’s Writing Program offer complementary services in support of the development of student writing skills.

The SCPS Writing Guide begins with a statement of the core values and goals for the writing program at SCPS. The Guide acquaints students with the writing support services available to them. The forms of assistance outlined in the Guide include group writing support (“Boot Camps”), one-on-one tutoring, an assortment of writing samples, and a detailed paper writing rubric with links to writing tips. These tools are intended to help students face the challenges of logical ways to organize ideas in a paper, grammar and punctuation, use of sources, avoidance of plagiarism, etc. The Writing Guide concludes with advice for getting past the blank page and starting to write. ​

  • SCPS Writing Values and Goals

  • DePaul University Writing Center (UCWbL)

  • Writing Boot Camps

  • SCPS Writer’s Toolkit

  • SCPS Paper Rubric Explanations