The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program

Call for Course Proposals: 2006-07

The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program invites proposals from Arts and Science faculty in
all disciplines for innovative courses that encourage writing. Writing makes courses
more rigorous, contributing most to higher student engagement, commitment, and
intellectual investment (R. J. Light, Making the Most of College, 2001). WIP faculty and
students agree that writing courses strengthen thinking, writing, and learning.

Faculty benefits: WIP teaching assistants support all writing- intensive courses
The Franklin College awards to faculty whose proposals are selected a teaching
assistant qualified to assign and respond to writing in the disciplines.

Proposal guidelines: Submit through February 10, 2006
Writing intensive courses vary across disciplines at UGA, but all make writing important
to the thinking of the course, give students opportunities to write in low stakes and high
stakes situations, and engage students in conversations about writing. In general,
writing intensive courses should:

• Feature innovative writing assignments that a) relate clearly to course learning;
  b) teach the communication values of a discipline, for example, its practices of argument,
  evidence, credibility, and format; and c) prepare students for further writing in their academic work,
  in graduate school, and in professional life.
  
• Break assignments into parts that teach the process of effective writing in a field.
  
• Get involved in student writing: Provide opportunities for planning, feedback, and
  revising.
  
• Make effective use of writing intensive teaching assistants, and make their resources
  clear to students.
  

Please submit proposals on WIP course proposal forms. Send completed forms to:
Dr. Michelle Ballif, Writing Intensive Program Director, English Department, Park Hall,
or email them to mballif@uga.edu.