Present: Patricia Clark; Christine Hutchins; Marsha Ironsmith; Laura McArthur; Chris Ulffers; Robin Webb Corbett; Patrick Bizzaro, Writing Across the Curriculum Program Director; Bob Morrison, Chair of the Faculty

• Committee approved minutes for 22 February 2001

• Committee approved minutes for 22 March 2001, with the provision that the missing member

First order of business:

• David White from the Department of Health presented the WI course proposals for:

• HLTH 4500, section 099, 3 credit independent study
• HLTH 4501, section 099, 2 credit independent study
• HLTH 4502, section 099, 1 credit independent study

• Committee discussed the need for courses and/or other arrangements that allow transfer students and students nearing graduation to complete WI requirements

• Committee discussed the need for revisions to the writing across the curriculum handbook that address credit differences between courses; the handbook currently focuses only on 3 credit courses

• Committee unanimously voted to designate HLTH 4500, 4501, 4502, sections 099 as WI

Second order of business:

• Committee discussed with Morrison plans to reorganize the committee as an administrative advisory committee to the Program Director in the Fall 2001 semester

Third order of business:

• Committee unanimously agreed that NURS 3520, previously designated WI as NURS 4320, is WI

Fourth order of business:

• Committee reaffirmed its vote, made via email, to designate THEA 3075 as WI

Fifth order of business:

• Committee reaffirmed its vote, made via email, to designate MULT 3500 and 4999 as WI, with the provision that the program provide the following additional information:
• Identify WI model the courses are using
• Identify the specific sections of MULT to be designated WI
• Submit the WI course proposal to the committee before finalizing plans

Sixth order of business:

• Committee discussed procedures for reverse WI designation, raised last meeting by the Department of Foreign Language’s request to reverse WI designation for SPAN 2440
• Committee agreed that Chairs of departments might submit a letter requesting reverse designation to the Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program, specifying the course number and sections to have WI designation reversed
• Committee agreed that redesignating a course as WI should involve reapplication for WI status for the course and sections involved

Seventh order of business:

• Bizzaro reported in his capacity as Director of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program
• Bizzaro has been working to create a master list of all the courses designated WI in the history of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program; this master list will be available on the Writing Across the Curriculum webpage
• Satellite centers for writing consultation are up and running in buildings throughout the campus
• Bizzaro is planning to create online writing consultation that will supplement campus writing consultation for students who are taking online courses
• Bizzaro plans to undertake revisions to the Writing Across the Curriculum handbook over the summer
• The Writing Across the Curriculum annual report is in process and should be ready this week