Writing Intensive Courses (WIC)

Rationale for WIC

Writing intensive courses benefit students by:

1. Improving writing skills as a means of self-expression
2. Increasing knowledge and understanding of course content
3. Enhancing critical thinking skills
   • Evaluation
   • Analysis
   • Interpretation
   • Inference
   • Explanation
   • Self-regulation

Criteria for WIC

1. A minimum of twenty pages of written work will be assigned in a variety of formal and informal writing assignments and formats throughout the semester. This might include, but is not limited to: research reports, critical essays, laboratory reports, logs, journals, or short in-class responses.
2. The instructor will provide opportunities for substantial revision in which the student responds to instructor feedback as well as discipline-specific writing instruction.
3. At least 30% of the course grade must be based on writing assignments.
4. Prerequisites- English 1101 and English 1102.
5. An enrollment cap of twenty students.