• Criteria for a WI course
• How to become eligible to teach a WI section
• WI courses being offered in Fall 2006

Beginning with the freshman cohort of Spring 2008, all BMCC students are required to take at least one Writing Intensive course to graduate.

Criteria for a WI course

At BMCC, the criteria for designating a course WI follow those suggested by a CUNY-wide WAC Task Force subcommittee in 1999. A writing-intensive course  

• is capped at 25 students;
• incorporates frequent informal writing-to-learn activities to help students generate ideas and better engage with course reading and assignments;
• includes at least 10-12 pages of formal writing with opportunities for revision, either as a series of short papers or as a longer project carried out in stages throughout the term;  
• awards a significant percentage (at least 40 percent, usually more) of the term grade for the writing components of the course.  

How to become eligible to teach a WI section

To teach a capped WI section, you participate in a set of WI faculty development workshops that introduce a variety of low-stakes writing activities, illustrate effective design for formal assignments, and show how to respond usefully and efficiently to student writing. The next term, having revamped your syllabus to integrate writing, you implement what you've learned, partnered with a CUNY Writing Fellow if you wish.

Committing yourself to teach a WI course does not prohibit using multiple-choice or short-answer exams, which may be valid forms of motivation and assessment for certain topics or aspects of learning

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WI courses being offered in Fall 2006

ANT 100-981 Patricia Mathews-Salazar
ART 100-511 Judy Richardson
BIO 110-102 Mike Vozick
BIO 210-101 Lalitha Jayant
BIO 220-141 David Krauss
BUS 104-103 Kay Conway
BUS 104-981 Kay Conway
BUS 200-121 Carmen Martinez-Lopez
BUS 220-721 Ken Anderson
CHE 121-111 Chen Ling
CHE 230-521 Brahmadeo Dewprashad
CHE 240-131 Brahmadeo Dewprashad
CRT 100-121 Sharona Levy
ECE 201-111 Ahmad Zaman
ECE 202-111 Louise Ammentorp
ECE 204-091 Rachel Theilheimer
ECE 302-091 Karen Gilbert
ECO 201-141 Sangeeta Bishop
ENG 353-091 Cheryl Fish
ENG 353-523 Dolores DeLuise
ENG 382-161 Bernardo Pace
FNB 100-121 Shirley Zaragoza
GEO 100-981 Patricia Mathews-Salazar
HED 100-712 Anum Nyako
LIN 100-121 Ken Levinson
MAR 100-103 Mahatapa Palit
MAT 100-104 Claire Wladis
MAT 150-512 Nkechi Agwu
MAT 505-151 Sandra Boer
MUS 103-121 Howard Meltzer
MUS 103-511 Howard Meltzer
MUS 103-921 Bethany Reeves
PHI 100-112 Matthew Ally
PHI 100-123 Matthew Ally
POL 100-093 Ron Hayduk
POL 100-143 Ron Hayduk
PSY 100-115 Peter Marcus
PSY 100-163 Peter Marcus
PSY 100-981 Maram Hallak
PSY 200-981 Maram Hallak
PSY 250-081 Margie Kaplan
PSY 250-111 Margie Kaplan
SOC 100-118 Rifat Salam
SOC 100-095 Jack Estes
SOC 100-096 Jack Estes
SOC 100-148 Betsy Wissinger
SPE 100-126 Elena Oumano
SPN 210-091 Alister Ramirez
VAT 151-121 Shari Mekonen

 

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