Writing Intensive Curriculum Program

Every year, we ask our seminar participants to rank order the values they look for when evaluating writing in their disciplines.  This year, the four values that were listed by over half our participants include:

• Writing that is appropriate for the audience;
• Effective organization;
• Ideas fully developed; and
• Strong, accurate content.

We are proud to introduce the WIC Resource Page, an organizational site on Blackboard that contains materials to help support the teaching of your WIC Class.  Because the site is on Blackboard, much of the material will be directly importable to your own Blackboard class site, including the Writer's Personal Profile (WPP) survey that is usually administered to students during the first week of class.

The Introductory WIC Faculty Seminar is offered each fall term and meets five sessions of two hours each. Faculty from across the university come together to discuss pedagogical issues such as using minimally graded writing to improve learning and critical thinking, designing effective writing assignments, giving effective feedback on student writing, teaching students to revise, and employing effective grading practices. The seminar gives faculty an opportunity to meet colleagues from across the university and discuss issues of writing in the disciplines.