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WI Course Call For Proposals

Dear Colleagues,

If you are interested in teaching a Writing Intensive (WI) course at York in the Winter/Spring of 2026, the Writing Intensive Advisory Committee (WIAC) invites your proposals by September 9, 2025.

We are currently reviewing proposals for:

New ad hoc WI sections or courses for Winter/Spring 2026
Continuing ad hoc WI sections or courses for Winter/Spring 2026
Please note that the process for submitting proposals for a permanent WI designation was revised as of Sept. 2024.
The proposer of the WI permanent course should work with the department CCC representative on the proposal. When submitting, please email me (sparasram@PROTECTED) and CC your Department Representative along with the Chair of CCC - Professor Melissa Dinsman (mdinsman@PROTECTED) - to obtain recommendations concerning the WI aspects of the proposal.
If you wish to offer the course as a WI while the permanent designation is pending, please follow the ad hoc WI proposal process for each corresponding semester.

The Writing Across the Curriculum Program (WAC) is particularly interested in expanding the number of lower-division (100- and 200-level) WI offerings. Please note that WI course offerings have enrollment and scheduling implications. Therefore, faculty must have the support of their Department Chair for all proposals submitted to WIAC.

There are three types of Writing Intensive course proposals accepted via our online proposal form:

1) New ad hoc WI course designations are valid for one semester only. To propose a new ad hoc WI section or course:

Complete the following form: https://www.york.cuny.edu/wac/wi-course-information/wi-course-proposal
Attach a course syllabus to the above form. The syllabus should meet the criteria listed on the proposal form webpage.

2) Continuing ad hoc WI designations are valid for one semester only. To propose a continuing ad hoc WI section/course that has been taught by the same instructor:

Complete the following form: https://www.york.cuny.edu/wac/wi-course-information/wi-course-proposal

Please note: A syllabus is not required for a section/instructor pair that has been offered as WI before. A syllabus is required for all other proposals, including continuing ad hoc WIs with a new instructor.

3) Continuing ad hoc WI designations are valid for one semester only. To propose a continuing ad hoc WI section/course with a new instructor:

Complete the following form: https://www.york.cuny.edu/wac/wi-course-information/wi-course-proposal
Attach a course syllabus to the above form. The syllabus should meet the criteria listed on the proposal form webpage.

Again, if you wish to offer the course as a WI while the permanent designation is pending with the CCC, please submit an ad hoc WI proposal.

New WI designation option: WAC is happy to report that the Writing Intensive Advisory Committee (WIAC) has voted to permanently implement a new option for submitting ad hoc WI courses after piloting it during the past academic year. Under this model:

Faculty included on the WI Faculty List will no longer need to submit an ad hoc WI Course Proposal form every semester.
Department chairs may add the WI designation directly in CourseDog during scheduling.

(Please note: Only faculty who appear on the WI Faculty List are eligible for this option.) We will slowly phase out the current process, with the aim of fully implementing the new faculty designation model by Fall 2027.

Kindly contact your Department Chair to inquire if they will be scheduling WI courses in CourseDog this semester and if you appear on the WI Faculty List (this list has been shared with them). If they are not participating or you do not appear on the WI Faculty List, then you will need to submit the ad hoc WI Course Proposal as normal.

Please review our attached flyer, which includes information on the support that WAC provides as well as links to helpful resources. We also encourage you to take the WI Faculty seminar, if you have not already done so.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the WI course proposals. Thank you for your continued interest in the WAC Program at York!

All the best,

Shoba Parasram

Lecturer, Department of English

WAC Coordinator for WI Courses