Applying for Review and Approval of a Writing Course
During the Spring of 2015, the Faculty Senate (Legislation #2014-11[B]) mandated a process for courses to be approved by the College Curriculum Committee (the CCC) as writing courses, so they can be used to fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences' "Advanced Writing and Communication Skills" requirement.
To apply to have a course approved as a writing course in the College of Arts and Sciences, you must submit a CIM Course Online Course Form, as well as the A&S Form to have the course designated as a Writing Course. Once completed, the writing form should be attached to the CIM application, as one would a syllabus.
- A&S form to have the course designated as a writing course. Fill in the grey boxes, have the chair sign at the end, and save it as a PDF. Do not put in full course syllabus - provide exactly the information requested. The College of Arts and Sciences 2011 Definition of a Writing Course provides information about what constitutes "writing", which might help you fill in the form.
Submit the CIM Course Online Form as well as the A&S Form to Apply to Have the Course Designated as a Writing Course.
If you have multiple courses that have fundamentally the same writing SLOs, writing assignments structure, and revision process, you can fill in the A&S form just once for an exemplar course, and provide the CCC with a list of the course codes and titles for which the form applies. But you do need to provide a course approval form for each course.
Application for Writing Course (WRIT) Designation
Important Forms
Curriculum Forms
Program and Cognate Requirements
