Sample Assignments:
Africana Studies:
- Model Assignment: Research Paper AFR 123 Research Paper
Anthropology:
- Model Assignment: Ad Analysis: ANTH 210 Gendered Ad Analysis
Criminal Justice:
- Model Assignment: Forthcoming
Economics
- Model Assignment: Biographical Sketch ECO 310 Biographical Sketch
Philosophy
- Model Assignment: Research Paper PHI 231 Being Alive Toward Death Research Assignment
- Model Assignment: Paper PHI 231 Why Ask Why Assignment
- Model Assignment: Paper PHI 231 Fallacy and Unjustified Beliefs
Political Science
- Model Assignment: Forthcoming
Sociology
- Model Assignment: Review of Event at John Jay SOC 101 Student Review of Event at John Jay
- Model Assignment: Research Paper SOC 203 Research Paper
- Model Assignment: Proposal Development SOC 213 Proposal Development
- Model Assignment: Rubin Museum Visit SOC 213 Rubin Museum Race and Ethnic Relations Assignment
WAC Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse is widely regarded as the leading Web site supporting the use of writing and speaking in courses across the curriculum. The Clearinghouse publishes articles and books of interest to the writing-across-the-curriculum community, provides a wide range of Web-based resources for instructors who wish to use writing in their courses, and supports research in the use of writing to support learning and teaching. In 2017, the Clearinghouse recorded more than 2.7 million visits to the site from more than 1.1 million distinct visitors and saw more than 2.4 million documents (primarily books, book chapters, and articles) downloaded
An Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum
This guide offers information about WAC—writing across the curriculum. To learn more about WAC, choose any of the items below:
Getting Started
- Why include writing in my courses?
- What is writing to learn?
- What is writing to engage?
- What is writing in the disciplines?
Useful Knowledge
- What should I know about rhetorical situations?
- Do I have to be an expert in grammar to assign writing?
- What should I know about genre and design?
- What should I know about second-language writing?
- What teaching resources are available?
- What should I know about WAC and graduate education?
Assigning Writing
- What makes a good writing assignment?
- How can I avoid getting lousy student writing?
- What benefits might reflective writing have for my students?
Using Peer Review
- Why consider collaborative writing assignments?
- Do writing and peer review take up too much class time?
- How can I get the most out of peer review?
Responding to Writing
- How can I handle responding to student writing?
- How can writing centers support writing in my courses?
- What writing resources are available for my students?
Using Technology
Designing and Assessing WAC Programs
More on WAC
Credits: This guide was first developed by Kate Kiefer, who founded the WAC program at Colorado State University in 1979, in 2003. It was updated by Kiefer in 2014 and by Mike Palmquist in 2014, 2017, and 2018. In 2018, Nick Carbone, Michelle Cox, and Dan Melzer added new materials to the guide. Many of the pages in this guide contain links to resources elsewhere on the Clearinghouse. We thank the many colleagues who have contributed materials from their courses. Copyright © 2000 by Kate Kiefer. Copyright © 2014-2018 Mike Palmquist. Additional copyrights by Nick Carbone (2018), Michelle Cox (2018), and Dan Melzer (2018). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 United States License.Citation: Kate Kiefer, Mike Palmquist, Nick Carbone, Michelle Cox, & Dan Melzer. (2000-2018). An Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum. Fort Collins, CO: The WAC Clearinghouse. Retrieved from https://wac.colostate.edu/resources/wac/intro.
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