The WAC Clearinghouse
supporting scholarly exchange about communication across the disciplines
supporting scholarly exchange about communication across the disciplines
Edited by Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven
Addressing the design, funding, operation, and underlying pedagogical principles of WAC programs, this comprehensive collection of essays offers important advice to WAC program designers and teachers. In 12 chapters, the contributors to this important collection discuss issues including program design, writing in the disciplines, writing to learn, writing-intensive courses, and the relationships among WAC programs, first-year writing programs, general education, and writing centers.
Publication Information: McLeod, Susan H., and Soven, Margot (Eds.). (2000). Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs. WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies: https://wac.colostate.edu/books/mcleod_soven/ Originally Published in Print, 1992, by Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California.
Publication Date: August 23, 2000
Contact Information:
Susan H. McLeod's Home Page: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/mcleod.htm
Susan H. McLeod's Email: mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu
Margot Soven's Home Page: http://www.lasalle.edu/academ/english/soven.htm
Margot Soven's Email: soven@lasalle.edu
Cover (5K)
Table of Contents (26K)
Preface (23K)
Chapter 1: Writing Across the Curriculum: An Introduction, by Susan H. McLeod (38K)
Chapter 2: Getting Started, by Barbara E. Walvoord (64K)
Chapter 3: Faculty Workshops,by Joyce Neff Magnotto and Barbara R. Stout (47K)
Chapter 4: Starting a WAC Program: Strategies for Administrators, by Karen Wiley Sandler (40K)
Chapter 5: Writing Across the Curriculum and/in the Freshman English Program, by Linda H. Peterson (40K)
Chapter 6: Writing-Intensive Courses: Tools for Curricular Change, by Christine Farris and Raymond Smith (52K)
Chapter 7: WAC and General Education Courses, by Christopher Thaiss (73K)
Chapter 8: Writing Components, Writing Adjuncts, Writing Links, by Joan Graham (73K)
Chapter 9: The Writing Consultant: Collaboration and Team Teaching, by Peshe C. Kuriloff (61K)
Chapter 10: The Writing Center and Tutoring in WAC Programs, by Muriel Harris (66K)
Chapter 11: Changing Students' Attitudes: Writing Fellows Programs, by Tori Haring-Smith (44K)
Chapter 12: Conclusion, by Margot Soven (30K)
Appendix: Starting a WAC Program: Recommended Reading (15K)
Contributors (20K)
Landmark Publications in Writing Studies
Series Editor: David R. Russell, Iowa State University
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