Description: The goal of WAC at CSUS is to assist departments and faculty across disciplines with all aspects of writing and reading design and assessment. On our website you can find our mission statement, information about upcoming events, links to our newsletters, writing and reading resources for faculty and students, and general WAC links. (Added by Dan Melzer on November 10, 2003 | Last Updated on November 10, 2003)

Description: WAC at CMU is currently implemented through the General Education Program, which consists of two competency courses (ENG 101 and 201) and the Writing Across the University Program. We are in the process of gen. ed. reform, which will likely entail revision of our WAC component. (Added by Melinda Kreth on March 25, 2003 | Last Updated on March 25, 2003)

Description: Our goal is to enhance the Law School's rigorous legal curriculum by incorporating ideas from WAC theory and pedagogy. Our Writing Center works with both students and faculty to not only improve students' writing skills, but to encourage a more holistic approach to the writing process. See our Web site for examples of our work within the legal writing context. (Added by Andrea McArdle on June 23, 2004 | Last Updated on June 23, 2004)

Description: Clemson University's Communication-Across the Curriculum Program is housed in the Roy and Marnie Pearce Center for Professional Communication, Dr. Kathleen B. Yancey, director. Our program seeks to integrate written, oral, visual, and digital communication into courses throughout the curriculum. The program was founded in 1989, and in 2001 Clemson University was named TIME Magazine/Princeton Review "Public College of the Year" based on the strength of our CAC program. (Added by Art Young on October 25, 2002 | Last Updated on October 25, 2002)

Description: Our program takes an "integrated" approach to WAC, combining faculty outreach and support with direct support of student writers. Our program is housed in our Writing Center, which is part of our composition program. We make heavy use of our writing center Web site, Writing@CSU (writing.colostate.edu). (Added by Mike Palmquist on July 8, 2002 | Last Updated on October 7, 2006)

Description: The Pearce Center is dedicated to advancing written and oral communication skills among students and faculty. Activities of the Center address three significant areas: communication across the curriculum, communication in business and industry, and communication skills among students in grades K-12. The Center works primarily toward the goal of ensuring that Columbia College students graduate with the written and oral communication skills necessary to contribute meaningfully to their chosen fields of employment. View Detailed Description. (Added by Nancy Tuten on January 22, 2003 | Last Updated on January 22, 2003)

Description: Housed in the Pennoni Honors College, Drexel's WAC program trains and hires students to work as peer tutors in writing in over 200 designated Writing Intensive classes. The community of peer tutors attend author visits, writing workshops, and present papers at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. Tutors respond to student writing in one-on-one conferences and online using Waypoint (gowaypoint.com). The Writing Program has developed an online website for high school students (creativewritingforum.org) and offers the Honors Recognition in Creative Writing. View Detailed Description. (Added by Harriet Millan on July 18, 2006 | Last Updated on July 18, 2006)

Description: The best way to visit this nationally ranked program is to go to the website where one finds a description of the program and the WI requirement, detailed information and resources on writing assessment in the majors, the Writing@Center newsletter online, online guides to writing in specific disciplines, an array of resources for teaching with writing, links to other WAC-related programs at GMU (writing fellows, learning communities, writing center), and links to other highly ranked WAC programs nationally. (Added by Chris Thaiss on October 28, 2002 | Last Updated on November 28, 2006)

Description: Well designed site to support cross campus inititatives. Materials for both students and faculty. (Added by Stephen Bernhardt on August 6, 2005 | Last Updated on August 6, 2005)

Description: The Hostos WAC initiative encourages writing at all levels of a student’s academic experience including those students enrolled in ESL or developmental writing through completion of English composition requirements and beyond. Writing activities are incorporated at two levels: 1) generally throughout the curriculum, and 2) in designated Writing Intensive (WI) courses. In these ways, an emphasis on writing is not compartmentalized in a few specially designated courses, but is a part of coursework across the College. View Detailed Description. (Added by Roderick Graham on December 4, 2007 | Last Updated on December 4, 2007)

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Description: Writing in the Disciplines at LaGuardia Community College is a dynamic and challenging interdisciplinary initiative to support professors as they work to make writing an integral part of their courses. View Detailed Description. (Added by Helen Davis on April 19, 2005 | Last Updated on April 19, 2005)

Description: The Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Longview Community College is in its 20th year and continues to function primarily as a faculty constultancy model with multiple access points for full and part-time faculty in all disciplines: Introductory WAC Workshops, individual consultation with the WAC Coordinator, a Writing Fellows Program, a Writing Intensive Program, and various opportunities to engage in ongoing writing assessment efforts across the General Education curriculum. Longview was selected as a TIME Magazine/Princeton Review "College of the Year" in 2001 on the basis of its strong WAC program, and was the first two-year institution to be honored in this way. Longview has a WI requirement (1 course) of students but strongly embraces the value of writing as a learning tool throughout its General Education curriculum as well as its occupational programs. Faculty participation is entirely voluntary. (Added by Mary McMullen-Light on April 4, 2006 | Last Updated on April 4, 2006)

Description: CxC at LSU promotes outstanding communication in four modes: written, spoken, visual, and technological. LSU students and faculty use state-of-the-art technologies to produce effective writing, speeches, interpersonal communication, graphics, posters, video, electronic portfolios, web sites, and more. CxC sponsors communication-intensive courses, studios, high-level communicator certification, digital portfolio hosting, and a mentoring program. (Added by Lillian Bridwell-Bowles on November 27, 2006 | Last Updated on November 27, 2006)

Description: ECAC (Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum) brings together K-12 educators and their 6th through 11th grade students for a technology-rich and technology-intensive workshop. A physical, on-site component of the workshop is a week long; the virtual component of the workshop is held the following week . View Detailed Description. (Added by Dickie Selfe on January 9, 2003 | Last Updated on January 9, 2003)

Description: A hybrid WAC/WID program serving three campuses of a community college in Metro DC. Fall 2006 was the first fully active semester of WID at Montgomery College. Our events have included public lectures, a WID keynote address at commencement, ongoing online faculty forums, two full-day faculty retreats, and six Writing Center-hosted workshops per semester, two on each campus. The same basic program will repeat each semester, with the addition of discipline-specific workshops. Faculty fellowships funded by CTL provide release time from one class for weekly seminar-type discussions and workshops. View Detailed Description. (Added by Rita Kranidis on November 21, 2006 | Last Updated on July 19, 2007)

Description: The goals of the writing-across-the- curriculum program are: 1) To make writing and the complementary skills of reading, critical thinking, and research a regular part of coursework at National University, 2)To facilitate the acquisition of writing and communication skills vital to personal and professional success, 3) To distinguish graduates of National University in the eyes of employers and the general public through their professional and technical excellence in language and communication skills. Writing across the curriculum promotes writing and reading enhancement throughout all schools of study through a variety of publications and activities, including the following: Workshops for faculty. Writing Centers. Professional forums for self-expression, such as The Gnu, a student literary journal, and WHACK, a faculty newsletter. (Added by Vicki Martineau on November 27, 2005 | Last Updated on November 27, 2005)

Description: Initiated in 1997, the CWSP is a campus-wide program designed to enhance the use of writing and speaking in all courses and disciplines across nine colleges at NC State. It blends campus-wide faculty development with program-specific consultation on the development and assessment of writing and speaking outcomes. View Detailed Description. (Added by Chris Anson on February 27, 2003 | Last Updated on February 27, 2003)

Description: Philadelphia University offers varied and rich experiences with language. Students refine their writing skills by taking two writing-specific and at least four writing-intensive courses between the freshman and senior years. Throughout the campus community, students also have opportunities to pursue academic and professional writing in a range of co- and extra-curricular settings. Professional writing tutors in the Learning and Advising Center support student writers in all subjects and at all levels. (Added by John Eliason on January 29, 2003 | Last Updated on January 29, 2003)

Description: Special Interest Group on Engineering Communication. Meets at CCCC and maintains a listserv. (Added by Stephen Bernhardt on April 3, 2003 | Last Updated on April 3, 2003)

Description: At Texas A&M students complete 2 writing-intensive courses in their majors as well as taking core courses in writing and communication. The UWC offers a wide variety of support for student writers at the graduate and undergraduate level including an OWL and consulting services. Faculty support includes workshops, symposia, a web site with a blog, and a newsletter. The UWC houses a writing fellows program to assist faculty teaching writing in the disciplines. View Detailed Description. (Added by Valerie Balester on April 4, 2006 | Last Updated on March 3, 2007)

Description: The Writing Initiative assists students and faculty with the new Upper-Tier, or Graduation, Writing Requirement in a variety of ways. The University of Kentucky recently changed the University Writing Requirement to include writing for students beyond their first year. Rather than taking ENG 101 and 102 in the first year, students take ENG 104, a 4 credit course, as their first-year writing requirement, followed by a writing-intensive course taken at the sophomore level or above (30+ earned hours). The Writing Initiative office assists faculty in this transition by helping them develop or modify a course to make it compliant with Writing Intensive course requirements and by training and supervising undergraduate Peer Fellows and Graduate Writing Fellows who can assist faculty teaching writing. The Writing Initiative office helps students by determining eligibility for the upper-tier writing courses, assisting in W course enrollment, reviewing waiver petitions for transfer students, and providing Peer Fellows and Graduate Writing Fellows. (Added by Janet Eldred on February 3, 2006 | Last Updated on February 3, 2006)

Description: Upper-division courses in writing in disciplines/professions required of students; WAC/WID workshops for faculty, grad students, and GTAs; writing-intensive courses in majors; annual magazine of excellent student writing across disciplines View Detailed Description. (Added by Chris Thaiss on November 26, 2006 | Last Updated on November 26, 2006)

Description: The UCSB Writing Program focuses on writing in the disciplines. At the lower-division level, courses focus on the common elements of academic writing in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. At the upper-division level, courses are specific to particular disciplines or areas of study (Writing in the Social Sciences, Legal Writing, Scientific and Technical Writing, Writing for the Visual Arts, Writing for the Health Professions, etc.) (Added by Susan McLeod on January 7, 2003 | Last Updated on November 29, 2006)

Description: The DU Writing Program includes a first year writing-intensive seminar, two first year rhetoric-based courses, and an upper-class writing-intensive interdisciplinary seminar, all capped at 15 students. The program conducts extensive research, both short-term and longitudinal; begins a WID initiative in fall 2007; and hosts the campus Writing and Research Center. Nineteen Writing lecturers form the faculty core, and the university has added 22 tenure track faculty across campus to create WAC capacity. Faculty development includes short-term workshops and, beginning in fall 2007, both quarter-long workshops, and competitive department-based projects. The Program's speaker series brings at least 4 nationally prominent visitors to campus each year. The program provides faculty support for travel, research, and professional memberships. (Added by Doug Hesse on May 30, 2007 | Last Updated on May 30, 2007)

Description: The Writing Intensive Program began in 1997 and is housed in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Aimed to improve the nature and quality of the undergraduate academic experience at the University of Georgia, the Writing Intensive Program encourages increased attention to writing as a way of learning and enhancing writing competence in the disciplines. (Added by Angela Green on August 24, 2007 | Last Updated on August 24, 2007)

Description: In 1987, writing-intensive (WI) courses became part of our General Education Core Requirements. Students must take 5 WI courses, and can choose from more than 400 WI classes each semester, in more than 70 departments. The Manoa Writing Program oversees the designation of courses as WI and supports WI instruction through workshops and teaching materials (available on our website). (Added by Monica Stitt-Bergh on December 13, 2006 | Last Updated on December 13, 2006)

Description: The Writing Fellows at the University of Kentucky are upper level undergraduates carefully selected and trained in order to provide writing assistance to students in Writing Intensive classes in a variety of disciplines. Writing Fellows can provide in class workshops and individual peer tutoring to students at the draft level. (Added by Emily Dotson on June 6, 2005 | Last Updated on June 6, 2005)

Description: The University of Minnesota’s Teaching with Writing program is housed within the new Center for Writing. Our activities and resources include coordinating a faculty writing consultant committee, facilitating campus-wide and department-specific programming, underwriting individual and departmental research, and maintaining a resource Web-site. For more information, please consult our Detailed Description or contact the Center’s Associate Director, Pamela Flash. View Detailed Description. (Added by Kjel Johnson on October 13, 2003 | Last Updated on October 15, 2003)

Description: Writing Intensive courses help produce an educated, articulate citizenry capable of reasoning critically, solving complex problems, and communicating with clear and effective language. MU's writing requirement -- English 20, followed by two WI courses -- is part of a 30-year-old trend in U.S. higher education known as "writing across the curriculum," or "writing in the disciplines." Since 1987, every undergraduate degree granted by MU has been strengthened by the WI requirement. Over 125 courses from disciplines across the university are offered each semester. (Added by Marty Patton on March 29, 2004 | Last Updated on September 10, 2007)

Description: The goal of the WAC project is to help University faculty, graduate teaching instructors, administrators, and staff understand the many contexts in which students need to read and write effectively, and to provide instruction to meet those needs. The University, a federally-designated Hispanic-serving institution with a diverse student body, enrolls approximately 5,000 freshmen each year. The presence of diverse discourse communities represents a source of strength in our classrooms as we educate students for global lives in the new century, lives in which the ability to communicate fluently across boundaries is essential. The WAC project, which works closely with the Rhetoric and Writing Program in the Department of English, engages students and teachers together to examine and explore the linguistic, rhetorical, and literacy resources brought to the classroom by UNM students. WAC seeks innovative approaches to developing literacy resources, and helping students gain the knowledge needed for leadership in academic, professional, and community contexts. (Added by Michelle Kells on February 9, 2006 | Last Updated on February 9, 2006)

Description: At UNI, students in the Professional Writing Program perform and critique practices including writing in scientific and technical contexts, designing a variety of professional documents (e.g., Web sites, manuals, reports), editing in a professional capacity, and creating digital documentation. The minor is rhetorically focused, reflecting both the professional communication field's humanistic roots (as appropriate for a program housed in the Department of English) and a recognition of workplace exigencies. View Detailed Description. (Added by A. Lamberti on October 23, 2007 | Last Updated on October 23, 2007)

Description: WAC.pitt contains useful information for faculty and students alike, from writing assignments, W-course guidelines, and WAC bibliographies to assistance with writing an essay or submitting a paper for a writing award. View Detailed Description. (Added by Wayne Gunn on February 14, 2003 | Last Updated on February 14, 2003)

Description: Where are the best WAC programs? Posted to list 3/27/03. View Detailed Description. (Added by Stephen Bernhardt on April 3, 2003 | Last Updated on April 3, 2003)

Description: The WAC program at Youngstown State University is currently part of the overall General Education program. The current Coordinator, Jay L. Gordon, is working directly with students in upper-level classes to help them cultivate their rhetorical skills as they become new members of specific disciplinary communities. This "student-centered" approach emphasizes the supportive role that WAC programs can play in the university by going straight to the writers themselves. The WAC program is also involved in educating instructors about Writing-Intensive course requirements and the WAC coordinator is responsible for evaluating WI course proposals. Future plans include deeper integration with the Writing Center, and with the work of CaTaLYST (Center for Teaching and Learning at Youngstown STate). (Added by Jay Gordon on March 17, 2005 | Last Updated on March 17, 2005)