WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

(Approved: Academic Council 5/1/95; General Faculty 11/14/95; revised Academic Council 5/5/97, Faculty Senate
5/6/02, General Faculty 5/14/02, Faculty Senate 10/14/02, General Faculty 11/19/02)

Oversight and Faculty Development

1. The Writing Across the Curriculum Committee is a standing subcommittee of the Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee (UCAPC), and the chair of that committee also serves as a non-voting member of UCAPC. The Writing Across the Curriculum Committee has oversight responsibility for writing in both GE and in the Major. The committee includes the following members: one faculty member from each undergraduate college who teaches or has taught Writing Intensive courses; the Director of the University Writing Center; the Director of Writing Programs (or department designee), Department of English Language and Literatures; a representative from the English as a Second Language (ESL) program; a representative for the General Education Oversight/Assessment Committee; and a student member. The Writing Across the Curriculum Committee is charged with recommending action and policy to the Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee for Writing Across the Curriculum requirements. The WAC Committee has responsibility for the following areas: Writing in General Education requirements; Writing in the Major requirements; approval of criteria for Independent Writing Projects; monitoring and assessment of Writing Across the Curriculum, including Independent Writing Projects, Writing Intensive Courses, and WAC faculty development programs and activities.



2. The WAC Coordinator is responsible for devising and offering ongoing faculty development programs, many of which are developed in conjunction with the University Writing Center and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Writing Across the Curriculum program was developed by a number of individuals over a period of several years. The proposal approved by General Faculty on November 14, 1995, included the following acknowledgments:

The University Undergraduate Committee and Academic Policy Committee wishes to thank Lillie Howard, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Academic Affairs, for her assistance to us and her many efforts to bring Writing Across the Curriculum to fruition.

We also wish to acknowledge the many individuals who prepared earlier drafts of this proposal:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR 1991/1992 PROPOSAL
Richard Bullock, Director of Writing Programs, Department of English Language and Literatures, in the formulation of this proposal, as well as the assistance of other members of the ad hoc Committee on Writing Across the Curriculum: Deans Perry Moore, James Brandeberry, Jane Swart, Don Carlson, and Richard Millman; Associate Deans William Rickert, Charles Willis, and Rishi Kumar; Chairers Peter Bracher, Herb Brown, and Ed Rutter; and faculty members Leo Finkelstein, Harry Lipsitt, Jim Schwartz, and Marjorie Pappas; and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lillie Howard. We also acknowledge the assistance and participation of Rudy Fichtenbaum, Vice President of the Faculty (1990-1991), Susan Praeger, Chair, University Curriculum Committee, Gerald Meike and Richard Mercer.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR 1994 PROPOSAL
The 1994 Ad Hoc Committee for Writing Across the Curriculum -- Greg Bernhardt, Tom Sav, Edgar Rutter, Barbara O'Brien, Harry Lipsitt, William Rickert, Lillie Howard, Gail Fred -- as well as the support of Provost Will Hutzel and all of the Deans. We also acknowledge the invaluable assistance of Richard Bullock, Chris Hall, Henry Limouze, and other members of the Writing faculty in the Department of English Language and Literatures; of President of the Faculty, James Sayer; Jeane Fraker, Toby Pinkerton (student), and all other members of the University Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee; and the general University Faculty.