Office Information
Writing Across the Curriculum Program
Appalachian State Universtiry
1115 Old Belk Library
ASU Box 32033
Boone, NC 28608-2033
(828) 262-2076 (office)
(828) 262-2032 (fax)
University College
- Writing Across the Curriculum is a unit within Appalachian’s University College. University College consists of the university’s integrated general education curriculum, academic support services, residential learning communities, interdisciplinary degree programs and co-curricular programming – all designed to support the work of students both inside and outside of the classroom.
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Please e-mail inquiries about Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing Within the Disciplines to Georgia Rhoades at rhoadesgd@appstate.edu.
Welcome to Writing Across the Curriculum
The Writing Across the Curriculum Program offers support for faculty teaching writing and using writing as a learning tool at all levels of education at Appalachian. Housed in University College, WAC works closely with General Education, the Writing Center, and the First Year Seminar Program to offer consultations in course and assignment design and response and evaluation to writing in all classrooms.
Upcoming Workshops for Fall 2009
Brown Bag Series For 2001 Instructors (all are located in Sanford Hall Room 207)
August 21- Using Portfolios in the Writing Classroom with Dennis Bohr 1-2 pm
September 18- Teaching Outcomes and the Syllabus with Sherry Alusow Hart and Erin Zimmerman 1-2 pm
October 23- Using Literature in the 2001 Class with Sherry Alusow Hart, Kim Gunter and Georgia Rhoades 1-3 pm
November 13- THIS BROWN BAG WILL RUN FROM 1-3PM Integrating Social Justice into the Writing Classroom with Mary Ann Maier and Elizabeth West 1-3 pm
WAC Sponsored Events for Fall 2009
September 15- WAC Writing for Change Series: Voices for Appalachia at 7pm in Belk Library Room 114
September 18- "Seems of Life: Mining Your Inner Gold mine, an Individual Reflective Writing and Performance Workshop" with Irish writer, storyteller, and performer, Pat Mulkeen and community artist and educator, Mary Ann Maier at 2-5pm in I.G. Greer Room 224 please rsvp with Travis Rountree at rountreeta@appstate.edu for this event by Thursday September 17
September 30- Pat Mulkeen Performance at 5-6:30 pm in Greer Arena followed by a reception in the WAC office in Belk Hall Room 1115.
November 4- Irish poet, Paula Meehan craft talk, "Private Sources, Public Speech--Making it Up From Scratch" at 3:30-4:15 in Room 114, Belk Library and reading 7:30-9 in Room 114, Belk Libray For information about this writer please click here
With the approval of a vertical writing model in the new Gen Ed program as outlined in the Gen Ed Task Force Report, students at Appalachian will be required to take four writing courses in undergraduate education.
- English 1000: a course introducing students to university writing
- English 1100 to be replaced by English 2001 in fall 2009: Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum
- 3rd-year Writing in the Disciplines
- Capstone in the Disciplines
- ePortfolio
| Gateway Skills - Writing in the university through development of skills and voice | Intermediate Skills – Writing in the discipline | Advanced Skills - Writing in the Discipline/Capstone in Major | Portfolio | |
| First year: Introductory course with research component in collaboration with information literacy program | Second year: Writing course focusing on reinforcement of skills in new, multiple WAC contexts with information literacy component | Third year: Writing in the major at entry level with information literacy component. | Fourth year: Capstone: Writing in the major at advanced level, to be designed by majors, with information literacy component | Portfolio/ePortfolio: Compiled over academic career as resource for further education or career investment |
| *IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IVC • Writes to discover • Drafts, revises, and edits effectively • Writes with strong voice and authority • Gathers and interprets data • Analyzes writing situations rhetorically • Demonstrates primary and secondary research and writing skills • Reflects critical thinking and choice in writing projects • Participates actively in writing community • Reflects upon semester’s writing with ability to evaluate own work and that of community | *IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IVC • Practices basic skills from first year • Reads and analyzes texts rhetorically across genre and from different academic communities • Interprets a variety of texts • Writes in different genre for different academic communities • Uses rhetorical skills in matching research to needs of writing situation • Applies different methods of documenting • Reflects upon semester’s writing within the context of academic writing with more sophisticated evaluation of own work and that of different communities | *IA, IB, IE, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IIE, IIG, IVC • Applies skills from first and second years • Applies rhetorical knowledge of texts from writing across the curriculum • Reads and analyzes texts in the major field • Writes effectively in the models of the major according to the major's guidelines for entry-level writing • Participates in a larger writing community • Reflects on semester’s writing with emphasis on writing within the major community and connections to other academic communities | Capstone: *IA,IB, IC, ID,IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IIE, IIG, IVC, IVD • Writes at advanced level in the major field • Demonstrates rhetorical knowledge of major writing models in the major field • Uses language of field effectively • Participates in a community of readers and writers in field • Reflects upon semester’s writing within the context of academic writing in the field and one’s own writing in the conversation of the field | Addressing all cumulative Goals and Outcomes of writing experiences • Includes examples of strong, polished writing from college career • Reflects on pieces of writing and collection as a whole in the context of multiple academic communities with application inside and outside the university |
*Refers to Gen Ed goals and outcomes
