Open Collection of Student Writing (OCSW) -

Welcome to the OCSW!

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SLCC Students can submit their original writing through the OCSW Submission Form.

Users of the OCSW may search and view its contents for educational and learning purposes. Users of the OCSW may not download, copy, or otherwise plagiarize its contents. OCSW contents hold the Creative Commons Attribution—Non-Commercial license. This license lets others re-mix, revise, and build upon the original work for non-commercial uses. (Faculty may contact the SLCC Writing Across the College Director for additional permissions.)

To cite the sources in the OCSW, you must attribute the student author and the OCSW.

Follow the citation templates below and contact the SLCC Writing Across the College Director for author information.

APA: Author Last Name, Author First Initial. (Year of Publication) Title. Retrieved from SLCC Open Collection of Student Writing. (Paper ID)
Chicago: Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title.” SLCC Open Collection of Student Writing. Access Date. URL.
MLA: Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title.” SLCC Open Collection of Student Writing. Paper ID:XXXXXXXX. Accessed DD/Month/YYYY.

Service Project Proposal

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Proposal, Course Level: 2000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.2.2.1

Service Project Proposal

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Proposal, Course Level: 2000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.2.2.1

Socially Engaged Buddhism

Area: Humanities, Program: Anthropology, Type of Writing: Research (writing to present researched information), Course Level: 2000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.A.2.2.1

So, You Want To Foster Kittens?

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Infographic (visualization of information), Course Level: 2000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.2.N.2.edited

Ethical Decision Making in the Family Dynamic

Area: Social Sciences, Program: Social Work, Type of Writing: Case Study, Course Level: 2000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: SS.S.W.2.N.2.1

Are Books Dangerous

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Essay (Argumentative), Type of Writing: Essay (Explorative), Course Level: 1000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.1.2.1

Help Others with Math: Tutoring

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Infographic (visualization of information), Course Level: 2000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.2.2.1

Ethical Dilemma Response

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Response, Course Level: 2000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.2.2.1

Oedipus Rex Analysis

Area: Arts, Program: Performing Arts, Type of Writing: Essay (Analytical, Interpretive), Course Level: 1000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: A.P.A.E.1.N.2.1

Ethnographic Experience

Area: Social Sciences, Program: Social Work, Type of Writing: Ethnography, Type of Writing: Case Study, Course Level: 2000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2017
Document ID: SS.S.W.2.N.2.1

The Forgotten Blue-Collar Work

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Essay (Analytical, Interpretive), Course Level: 1000, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.1.2.1

Baby Kim

Area: Social Sciences, Program: Social Work, Type of Writing: Case Study, Course Level: 2000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2017
Document ID: SS.S.W.2.N.2.1

Poverty Assignment

Area: Humanities, Program: Social Work, Type of Writing: Case Study, Course Level: 1000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2017
Document ID: H.S.W.1.N.2.1

Book Report

Area: Social Sciences, Program: Learning Enhancement, Type of Writing: Response, Course Level: 1000, English Speaking Nativeness: Non-Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: SS.L.E.R.1.N.2.1

Preparing for a Computing Major

Area: Computer Science, Program: Computer Science, Type of Writing: Essay (Explorative), Course Level: 1000, Year: 2018
Document ID: CS.C.S.1.2.1

Alvvays’ “Pecking Order” Analysis

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Essay (Analytical, Interpretive), Course Level: 1000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.1.N.2.1

The Thorpe Affair and the Press

Area: Humanities, Program: English, Type of Writing: Essay (Analytical, Interpretive), Course Level: 2000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: H.E.2.N.2.1

Jigsaw: Sound Production

Area: Media, Program: Film, Type of Writing: Essay (Analytical, Interpretive), Course Level: 2000, Year: 2017
Document ID: M.F.2.2.1

H.R. Giger

Area: Arts, Program: Visual Art & Design, Type of Writing: Other, Type of Writing: Research (writing to present researched information), Type of Writing: Response, Course Level: 1000, Year: 2017
Document ID: A.V.A.&.D.1.2.1

Jeff Cronenweth, A.S.C.

Area: Media, Program: Film, Type of Writing: Research (writing to present researched information), Type of Writing: Profile, Course Level: 2000, Year: 2017
Document ID: M.F.2.2.1

Are Dads Just as Good Caregivers?

Area: Social Sciences, Program: Family/Human Studies, Type of Writing: Essay (Argumentative), Type of Writing: Essay (Explorative), Course Level: 1000, English Speaking Nativeness: Native, Year: 2018
Document ID: SS.F.S.1