Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) expands on the fact that students learn best and develop their critical thinking skills when they engage in writing about a topic. When your students engage in writing in your course they are not only developing control of the material but are also honing their writing techniques—a skill that will last their lifetime.
According to the WAC Clearinghouse, Writing Across the Curriculum has five basic principles:
- writing is the responsibility of the entire academic community,
- writing must be integrated across departmental boundaries,
- writing instruction must be continuous during all four years of undergraduate education,
- writing promotes learning,
- only by practicing the conventions of an academic discipline will students begin to effectively communicate within that discipline.
To learn more about WAC, please contact Dee Baer (dbaer@udel.edu) or Dorry Ross (dross@udel.edu).