{"id":4,"date":"2020-02-13T08:50:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:55:40","slug":"writing-across-the-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Across The Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\nMarshall\u2019s Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program offers writing centered pedagogy to students in disciplines across the university. The WAC program was created by faculty and formally approved by the Faculty Senate in 1994. It is part of Marshall\u2019s general education program.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\nWriting Intensive (WI) courses reinforce critical thinking skills by using writing in a substantial way to enhance learning. In these courses, writing is not an \u201cextra activity\u201d \u2013 it is an integral part of the learning process.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>WAC Stats: Spring 2025 semester<\/h2>\n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 mt-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center rounded-lg p-10 min-h-40 overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm transition-all duration-200 \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"text-5xl lg:text-6xl font-black text-green leading-none\">138<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-3 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500 leading-relaxed\">WI Sections<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center rounded-lg p-10 min-h-40 overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm transition-all duration-200 \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"text-5xl lg:text-6xl font-black text-green leading-none\">76<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-3 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500 leading-relaxed\">Faculty teaching WI courses<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center rounded-lg p-10 min-h-40 overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm transition-all duration-200 \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"text-5xl lg:text-6xl font-black text-green leading-none\">1874<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-3 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-gray-500 leading-relaxed\">Total WI enrollment<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>WAC News<\/h2>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p>Registrations:<\/p>\n<p>WAC Portfolio Session (Registration Closed) (February 20, 12:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM)<\/p>\n<p>New WAC Faculty Training (Registration Closed) (March 9th &#8211; April 3rd, online-asynchronous)<\/p>\n<p>2026 WAC Spring Symposium (<a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_bwqbeKJ0OwNiauG\">Registration<\/a>)\u00a0 (April 3rd, 10:00 AM &#8211; 3:00 PM virtual)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-6\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h3 style=\"clear: both\">Submit your WAC syllabus<\/h3>\n<div style=\"float: left;width: 155px;margin-right: 1em;margin-top: 1.25em\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/files\/2020\/09\/syllabus.png\" alt=\"Picture of the first page of a syllabus\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Instructors who wish to teach courses with the WI designator must be certified. Instructors who have not completed a portfolio must submit a syllabus for each course before the WI designator can be added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_bNRRpIEtC8AslAq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit your WAC syllabus<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAC Stats: Spring 2025 semester WAC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}