Writing Across the Curriculum
Ask most faculty at most colleges and universities about the importance of
writing in the curriculum,and they will also agree that good writing is essential
to success in their classroom and their discipline. However, faculty disagree
about where writing should be taught in the curriculum. Many faculty make the
distinction between teaching writing and requiring writing; for example, an
upper-level course in Sociology may require an extensive research paper, but
the professor may assume that his or her students have already learned how to
prepare, write, and document that research in required composition courses.
WAC was born as a response to this belief that writing should be taught once
and for all in Freshman Composition courses.
| Purdue University: Purdue University's site offers information on WAC and Writing in the Disciplines (WID). |
| Indiana University: The Campuswide Writing Program at Indiana University exists to help faculty members deal with the demands of using writing in their undergraduate courses. This web site contains a description of the programs mission and an outline of services available to IU faculty (assistance with assignment design, with responding to written work, and in training graders); link s to citations for articles on the use of writing in classes; and a link to the web site for Writing Tutorial Services, the IU writing center. |
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Citadel Writing Center: An example of Writing Center Homepage that offers
access to tutoring, grammar help, and information about Communication Across
the Curriculum. Southern Writing Program: An example of a Writing Across the Curriculum program that offers online services for faculty and students at Southern Connecticut University in New Haven. |
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