What is the best way for departments to organize enough Writing Intensive courses to allow majors to meet their graduation requirements?
This matter is especially important for those departments with a large number of transfer students—students who don’t have the chance to complete core and other requirements on the C.W. Post campus. The Campus Committee on Student Writing recommends that every department designate at least two courses required for the major as Writing Intensive, and then offer every section of those two required courses in the Writing Intensive format. The School of Professional Accountancy, for example, has approached the matter from this perspective with great success. The School of Professional Accountancy requires ACC 85 (Advanced Taxation) and ACC 90 (Applications in Accounting) for every major. For the last two years, the School of Professional Accountancy has offered every section of these two courses in Writing Intensive format, thus assuring that every student in the major—whether a transfer student or a student with four years’ residence on campus—meets the WAC requirement.
