The University Writing Council invites faculty to design new courses or submit existing courses for the Writing Intensive (WI) designation. Please follow these steps listed below for submission.
- Review the WI Criteria.
- Consider how your course could incorporate elements of writing.
- If necessary, revise the course syllabus or other course materials.
- Fill out the WI Course Application.
- List the breakdown of assignments and their grade percentages on the application to ensure that at least 50% of the final grade comes from at least 3 writing assignments.
- Include the details of at least one writing assignment on the application.
- Be sure that the use of writing as a process is clearly documented either on the application or on the syllabus. This means that students clearly have an opportunity to respond to peer and/or instructor feedback before revising their papers.
- Attach a course syllabus and an assignment rubric.
- Once the application is complete, have the course’s Department Chair sign the last page of the application.
- Send the application to the Dean of the submitting college for his/her signature.
- Once the Dean has signed, the Dean (or the submitting faculty member) should send the signed application to the University Writing Council Chair (Dr. John Schulze). A paper copy can be sent through campus mail to BW234 or an electronic copy can be emailed to john.schulze@msutexas.edu.
- The completed application will be reviewed at the monthly University Writing Council meeting (4th Wed of the month).
- After the council approves the course, they will notify the Office of the Registrar so that the course can be coded as WI.
- The Council will also notify the Department Chair and Dean of approval.
- Finally, the Council will add the course to the WI Course List on the WPR website.