What is the difference between a Writing Intensive course and a CTW course?
Writing Intensive (WI) courses are courses that are developed and taught by Writing Across the Curriculum trained faculty. WI courses are associated with a specific faculty member; while a course may be WI when taught by one faculty member, the next semester the same course may not be WI if it is taught by a different faculty member. Further, to be labeled as WI a course must take at least 40% of its grade from writing and must offer significant opportunity for revision. WI courses are not a graduation requirement. Critical Thinking through Writing courses were chosen by departments in consultation with their faculty. Once a course is labeled CTW it is always CTW and every faculty member teaching the CTW course will be CTW trained. A CTW course remains a CTW course until the department chooses to remove the designation. To receive the CTW designation, courses were submitted by CTW faculty representatives (called ambassadors) to the Undergraduate Assessment Committee for approval. CTW c
