Across-the-Curriculum Assignments from Other Institutions
Some samples. Please add—or delete any links as they die.
Business
- Accounting rumor assignment (City University of New York): http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/WAC/assignments.html#informal
- Economics starter sentences (Glendale Community College): http://www.glendale.edu/wac/manual/maier.htm
- “AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE CEO WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO SECTIONS OF AN ANNUAL REPORT” (University of Oregon): http://odin.lcb.uoregon.edu/rseverso/199/assign2.htm
- Health economics précis (University of Notre Dame): http://www.nd.edu/~wevans1/health_econ/precis.pdf
- Array of business writing assignments (University of Massachusetts School of Management): http://www.umass.edu/buscomm/assigns.html
- Quantitative Writing Assignments (Carleton College): http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/carl_ltc/quantitative_writing/how.html
- Teaching Collaborative Writing and Peer Review Techniques to Engineering and Technology Undergraduates (California State University): http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:yRDDItL1LeYJ:citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.19.85%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf+A+Practical+Guide+to+Collaborative+Writing+Assignments+in+Accounting&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiE1xPYw3RaHHvcdMvobvv6vot8n5-ZjELLnpG7PWMSM4njaaNZR_1bhXoSL38R5j4fhlU-bBY2o3dcxIptuElH5X68ujQ60h2vQWxI_xPGyNr26U5tGl_Z1Y7tWnK4ZR5Iv1yd&sig=AHIEtbTV4ARMKs6jzR8OVDlm_6g4MvyTEg
- “Checklist for Final Paper in Economics” (BMCC): http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/WAC/sample2.html
Communications
- Communication arts précis (University of Wisconsin): http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~WAC/page.jsp?id=17&c_type=discipline&c_id=10
Design & Fine Arts
- “Landscape Design 3XX: Design Critique” (Colorado State): http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/wassign/com2f2.cfm
- “The Role of Writing in a Design Curriculum (Oregon State University): http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-role-of-writing-in-a-design-curriculum
- Art 56 “Writing to Learn Activities” (Bronx Community College, CUNY): http://www.ronibennun.com/bcc/art56/questions.html
- Art 56 “History of Graphic Design” formal writing assignment (Bronx Community College, CUNY): http://www.ronibennun.com/bcc/art56/index.html
- “21 Writing Prompts for Design Students,” David Barringer, AIGA: http://journal.aiga.org/content.cfm/21-writing-prompts-for-design-students
Education
- “Internet Curriculum Applications Course Final Course Project” (Delaware Technical Community College): http://www.catzilla.org/teach_lrn/ucla_otp/sine_educ632/fpteachpage_educ632.html
English
History & Politics
Math
- Math descriptions (Glendale Community College): http://www.glendale.edu/wac/manual/dierdre.htm
Nursing & Health
- “Nursing Case Study” (Pasadena City College): http://www.pasadena.edu/wac/AssignmentsAssessmentActivitiesandRubrics.cfm
- “Nursing Philosophical Statement” (University of Windsor): http://proxymu.wrlc.org/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1749361261&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientId=31813&RQT=309&VName=PQD
- Nursing Journaling (not printed): http://proxymu.wrlc.org/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1738734471&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=31813&RQT=309&VName=PQD
- “Nursing Students Writing Therapeutic Letters to Families” (University of Kalmar): http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=7&did=1679159871&SrchMode=2&sid=3&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1254762551&clientId=31813
- “The Art of Nursing Expressed in Poetry” (Loma Linda University): http://proxymu.wrlc.org/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1153126721&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientId=31813&RQT=309&VName=PQD
- “Illness Narrative Assignment Deepens Understanding and Strengthens Writing Skills” (George Mason University): http://wac.gmu.edu/program/newsletter/archive/fall2006/illness.htm
- Health management “written memorandum to supervisor” (Teax A&M Health Science Center): http://www.srph.tamhsc.edu/health-policy-mgmt/phpm616-class/business-memorandum-assignment.pdf
*Health economics précis (University of Notre Dame): http://www.nd.edu/~wevans1/health_econ/precis.pdf
Psychology & Sociology
Sciences
- “’I received your letter about the fruit flies…’: Interdisciplinary Scientific Correspondence as a Means of Transforming the Laboratory Experience” (Gardner-Webb University, Guilford Technical Community College): http://wac.colostate.edu/journal/vol13/manahan_english.pdf
- Cell and Molecular Biology 220 “Reading the Literature” (James Madison University): http://csm.jmu.edu/biology/courses/bio220/aotw10.html
- “Animal/Dairy/Poultry Science 2XX: Comparative Animal Nutrition” (Colorado State): http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/wassign/com2f3.cfm
- Organic Chemistry aspirin assignment (CUNY): http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/WAC/assignments.html#informal
Other Fields
- Musicology—general, “Writing + Blogging = Learning? Using Blogs in a Writing Intensive Classroom,” video (University of Missouri, Kansas City): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8gEkoERPYQ
General Information
- Writing-To-Learn Assignments (University of Georgia, WAC guide): http://wac.gsu.edu/WAC_Faculty_Guide_USB_Draft.pdf
- “Two Ways of Assigning Revision” (Cornell): http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/advanced/WIM/wimassigning.htm
- “How Do You Set Up a Writing Assignment?” (Northern Illinois University): http://www.engl.niu.edu/wac/assprc.html
- “Creating Effective Writing Assignments” (Coe College): http://www.public.coe.edu/wac/IS133.htm
- “In-Class Writing to Learn” (Coe College): http://www.public.coe.edu/wac/IS25.htm
- “Writing Collages” (Coe College): http://www.public.coe.edu/wac/IS46.htm
- “Sample Writing Assignments” (Ferris State): http://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/academics/wac/sample.htm
- “Informal Writing Assignments” (Glendale Community College): http://www.glendale.edu/index.aspx?page=3968
- “WAC Classroom Practices- for Further Reading” (Colorado State): http://wac.colostate.edu/books/bazerman_wac/chapter11.pdf
- WAC References by Discipline/Department (S. Connecticut State University): http://www.southernct.edu/WACC/waclibrary/bydisciplinedepartment/
- "Designing Assignments” (BMCC): http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/WAC/assignments.html
- “Grading Criteria Checklist” (BMCC): http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/WAC/sample1.html
- “Psychology 100: Checklist for Peer-Partner Review” (BMCC): http://socrates.bmcc.cuny.edu/WAC/sample7.html
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