Writing Intensive (WI) New Course Proposal Form

Please consult the Guidelines before completing this proposal.

Course Information

Is this an Update?

(If you have previously taught this course as WI, please use the WI course update form.)

Course Department: Delivery Mode:

Course Number:     Section: Credit Hours:

If cross-listed, please indicate department and course number:

Course Title:

Semester:

Previous Enrollment:     Expected Enrollment:     Enrollment Capacity:

To which academic sector does this course belong?

Professor Information

First Name:   Last Name:   

Campus Address:

Email Address:     Phone:

Faculty Rank: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Non-tenure Line

Graduate students may not teach WI courses. If asked to approve non-tenure-line faculty for
WI teaching, the Board requires a letter from your department chair addressing (1) a rationale
for your WI teaching assignment, (2) the nature and duration of your appointment, (3) your
other teaching duties.

Have you attended a Campus Writing Program Workshop?

Please describe your writing assignments. Identify each assignment, its purpose, the number of
required drafts, the length of each draft, and the person(s) to evaluate each draft:

Total of first drafts:
Total of additional drafts:
Total of all drafts:

Please describe the additional ways that this course uses writing:


Total of additional writing:

Explain briefly the nature of the assignment(s) which address(es) a question for which there
is more than one acceptable interpretation, explanation, analysis, or evaluation.

Please explain how the writing is distributed throughout the semester:

What percentage of the grade will be determined by out-of-class writing?

If you plan to work with teaching assistants, explain how you plan to select
and train them and what their role in the course will be:

For large-enrollment courses, please explain (a) the class structure, (b) how you plan to
monitor your students' performance, and (c) how youwill ensure that GTA's grade and
mark as you would:

Brief course description for World Wide Web:

Send syllabus and sample assignments to Jackie Thomas.

And proceed to printable confirmation screen with the data you provided.