Writing Across the Curriculum
A Guide to Developing Programs
Production Editor: Mike Palmquist
Addressing the design, funding, operation, and underlying pedagogical principles of WAC programs, this comprehensive collection of essays offers important advice to WAC program designers and teachers. In 12 chapters, the contributors to this important collection discuss issues including program design, writing in the disciplines, writing to learn, writing-intensive courses, and the relationships among WAC programs, first-year writing programs, general education, and writing centers.
This book is available in whole and in part in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). The book has been formatted so that it fits on a standard letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inch) page. The page numbers do not correspond to pages in the print book published by Sage in 1992. To cite this book, consult the publication information provided at the end of this page.
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- Cover (5K)
- Publication Information (6K)
- Table of Contents (26K)
- Preface (23K)
- Chapter 1: Writing Across the Curriculum: An Introduction, by Susan H. McLeod (38K)
- Chapter 2: Getting Started, by Barbara E. Walvoord (64K)
- Chapter 3: Faculty Workshops,by Joyce Neff Magnotto and Barbara R. Stout (47K)
- Chapter 4: Starting a WAC Program: Strategies for Administrators, by Karen Wiley Sandler (40K)
- Chapter 5: Writing Across the Curriculum and/in the Freshman English Program, by Linda H. Peterson (40K)
- Chapter 6: Writing-Intensive Courses: Tools for Curricular Change, by Christine Farris and Raymond Smith (52K)
- Chapter 7: WAC and General Education Courses, by Christopher Thaiss (73K)
- Chapter 8: Writing Components, Writing Adjuncts, Writing Links, by Joan Graham (73K)
- Chapter 9: The Writing Consultant: Collaboration and Team Teaching, by Peshe C. Kuriloff (61K)
- Chapter 10: The Writing Center and Tutoring in WAC Programs, by Muriel Harris (66K)
- Chapter 11: Changing Students' Attitudes: Writing Fellows Programs, by Tori Haring-Smith (44K)
- Chapter 12: Conclusion, by Margot Soven (30K)
- Appendix: Starting a WAC Program: Recommended Reading (15K)
- Contributors (20K)
Publication Information: McLeod, Susan H., and Soven, Margot. 2000. Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs. WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies: http://wac.colostate.edu/books/mcleod_soven/ Originally Published in Print, 1992, by Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California.
Publication Date: August 23, 2000
Contact Information:
Susan H. McLeod's Home Page: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/mcleod.htm
Susan H. McLeod's Email: mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu
Margot Soven's Home Page: http://www.lasalle.edu/academ/english/soven.htmMargot Soven's Email: soven@lasalle.edu
Copyright © 1992 / 2000 Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven. Used with Permission. You may view and print copies of the books found on this site. You may link to this page. You may not reproduce these books on another Web site. For permission to use materials from this book in other publications, please contact the Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven.
