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A number of OSU departments and programs have developed writing guides for their students. Many of these guides are online. Others are for sale in the OSU Bookstore or elsewhere.

Department of Anthropology
The Anthropology Department Writing Guide
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/wrguide/

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Writing in Ecology
http://www.bcc.orst.edu/bpp/WritingInEcology.pdf

Department of Chemistry
Writing Guide for Chemistry
http://www.chem.orst.edu/writing/WritingGuide2000.htm

Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program
Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of Difference, Power, and Discrimination
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/web/wfc/

Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Undergraduate Writing Handbook
http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/hdfs/Handbook.doc

Department of Mathematics
How to Write a Math Essay
http://oregonstate.edu/~drayt/MTH338/advice.html

Department of Microbiology
Scientific Writing for Microbiology Majors
http://microbiology.science.oregonstate.edu/writing

Department of Nuclear Engineering
Writing within the Department of Nuclear Engineering:
A Guide for Nuclear Engineers and Radiation Health Physicists http:/WritingGuidefDepartmentNuclearEngineering.pdf

Department of Philosophy
Writing Philosophy Papers: A Student Guide
http://oregonstate.edu/cla/philosophy/archive/writing_guide.pdf

Department of Political Science
A Student Writer's Survival Guide
http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/advising/wicguide.pdf

Department of Sociology
Writing within Sociology: A Guide for Undergraduates
http://oregonstate.edu/cla/sociology/links.php

Department of Speech Communication
Speech Communication Writing Guide
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/speech/writing/index.htm

Other Guides for OSU Students

Design and Human Environment Learning & Style Guide.
Available at the OSU Bookstore.

Pedersen, E. (2004). The Design and Human Environment Learning & Style Guide.
     (2nd ed.) Dubuque, IA, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Writing for Visual Thinkers: A Guide for Artists and Designers.
A Guide for Artists and Designers is an e-book designed to help people who think in pictures—
a segment of learners that by some estimates includes almost 30 percent of the population—
gain skills and confidence in their writing abilities.

To purchase click here. Writing for Visual Thinkers: A Guide for Artists and Designers.

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