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The Institute Writing Committee (IWC) is charged with recommending a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program that will support the RIT Writing Policy.
The IWC encourages the RIT community to engage with this process in the practice and teaching—and study—of writing.
We must be informed by your understanding of how students learn to write academic prose, so as to best improve our students' professional literacies.
WAC at RIT
Writing Across the Curriculum (or WAC) is a 25-year nationwide trend in higher education, emphasizing that effective writing instruction must be continuous during all four years of undergraduate education, across general education and in the major programs.
A Writing Intensive Curriculum approaches WAC by embedding courses in the curriculum and strategically designing these to provide students with opportunities to learn to write in courses with substantive content. A comprehensive WAC program enhances student learning as well as competency in writing.
The Writing Policy with specific WI Criteria will help instructors and departments meet the Policy Requirements and tailor Writing Intensive courses to the stated criteria. This IWC site is a place to start Writing-Intensive Course Development tailored to WI criteria and curricular needs.
During the conversion process, you will be asked only to identify the course(s) you plan to submit for WI designation approval later. These do not need to be developed at this stage. See the IWC timeline for Writing Policy implementation.
