Writing Intensive Faculty Advisory Committee (WIFAC)

NEIU Center for Academic Writing

Funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title V Grant

Current WIFAC Members

The WIFAC members for 2011-2012 are the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Serving in Fall 2011 for Andreas Kourvetaris, Sociology

 

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Current WIFAC Members

WIFAC is a faculty committee appointed by the Faculty Council on Academic Affairs that serves to advise on and evaluate the Writing Intensive Program and its courses.

WIFAC Course Proposal Procedures

Departments that wish to have redesigned or newly-designed courses approved as Writing Intensive (WIP) courses need to submit the necessary course proposal documents for review by faculty governance.

After receiving departmental approval, course proposals should be submitted to the to the Writing Intensive Faculty Advisory Committee (WIFAC).

Proposals submitted to WIFAC must include the following:

1. WIFAC Course Proposal Form,

2. Proposed course syllabus,

3. Faculty Council on Academic Affairs (FCAA) Course Proposal Checklist and Rationale, and

4. Curricular Proposal Transmission Form (with signed approval from the department).

The WIFAC Course Proposal Form is available online by clicking here. If you need information about forms required by FCAA, please contact Sabrina Guth at s-guth1@neiu.edu or visit the FCAA webpage.

WIFAC course proposals are due at 5:00pm the Friday before any scheduled WIFAC meeting. Proposals will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. No more than two course proposals will be considered at any WIFAC meeting. Please click here for WIFAC meeting dates and other information.

All documents except for the Curricular Proposal Transmission Form must be submitted to WIFACE electronically by emailing them to Kate Hahn at
mk-hahn@neiu.edu. The Transmission Form should be brought to the meeting when the course proposal is reviewed with the appropriate information and departmental signature on it.

WIFAC asks that the proposal writer or another representative from the department come to the meeting to speak briefly about the proposal and address any questions that WIFAC members have.

After WIFAC approval, the course proposal will move to the next appropriate level of  governance. If the proposal is for a new course, the proposal will proceed to the appropriate college. If the proposal is for an existing course, the proposal will go directly to FCAA.

Support for designing writing intensive courses and completing the proposal form is available from CAW through consultations and workshops. Please contact Kate Hahn with questions.

Click here for a pdf version of this information.

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WIFAC Course Proposals

The following course proposals have been reviewed and approved by WIFAC since Fall 2008.

Please note that course proposals approved by WIFAC and presented here have not necessarily successfully passed all levels of faculty governance. WIFAC reviews only the writing intensive aspects of courses.

Anthropology 355 WIP: History of Anthropology

ANTH 355 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ANTH 355 Proposed Syllabus

Art 292, 392A, and 392B WIP: Professional Practices

ART 292, 392A, 392B WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ART 292, 392A, 392B Proposed Syllabus

Bilingual/Bicultural Ed 302 WIP: Methods of Teaching Language Arts — Elementary Education

BLBC 302 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
BLBC 302 Proposed Syllabus

Biology 305 WIP: General Ecology

BIO 305 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
BIO 305 Proposed Syllabus

Communication, Media and Theatre 200 WIP: Theories of Communication, Media and Theatre

CMTC 200 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
CMTC 200 Proposed Syllabus

Early Childhood 313 WIP: Language Development and Educational Implications

ECED 313 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ECED 313 Proposed Syllabus

Economics 320 WIP: Non-Profit Management, Administration and Communications

ECON 320 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ECON 320 Proposed Syllabus

Elementary Education 302 WIP: Methods of Teaching Language Arts in the Elementary School

ELED 302 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ELED 302 Proposed Syllabus

English 210 WIP: Methods for English Majors

ENGL 210 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ENGL 210 Proposed Syllabus

English 310 WIP: Introduction to Composition Studies

ENGL 310 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
ENGL 310 Proposed Syllabus

Geography & Environmental Studies 250 WIP: Writing in Geography & Environmental Studies

GES 250 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
GES 250 Proposed Syllabus

Human Resource Development 325 WIP: Communication in Human Resource Development

HRD 325 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
HRD 325 Proposed Syllabus

Latino and Latin America Studies 201 WIP: Culture and History of Latinos

LLAS 201 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
LLAS 201 Proposed Syllabus

Management 370 WIP: Managing Global Business Organizations

MNGT 370 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
MNGT 370 Proposed Syllabus

Math 251 WIP: Discrete Mathematics

MATH 251 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
MATH 251 Proposed Syllabus

Nontraditional Degree Program 310 WIP: Workplace Diversity

NDP 310 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
NDP 310 Proposed Syllabus

Philosophy 210 WIP: Arguing Philosophically

PHIL 210 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
PHIL 210 Proposed Syllabus

Physical Education Major Theory 315 WIP: Writing in the Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletic Professions

PEMT 315 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
PEMT 315 Proposed Syllabus

Political Science 251 WIP: Comparative Political Systems

PSCI 251 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
PSCI 251 Proposed Syllabus

Political Science 344 WIP: Public Organization Theory

PSCI 344 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
PSCI 344 Proposed Syllabus

Political Science 392 WIP: Contemporary Political Philosophy: Theories of State and Governance

PSCI 392 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
PSCI 392 Proposed Syllabus

Psychology 202 WIP: Statistics and Research Methods 1

PSYC 202 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
PSYC 202 Proposed Syllabus

Secondary Education 301 WIP: Methods of Teaching on the Secondary Level

SCED 301 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
SCED 301 Proposed Syllabus

Social Work 303 WIP: Human Behavior & The Social Environment 1

SWK 303 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
SWK 303 Proposed Syllabus

Social Work 322 WIP: International Social Work

SWK 322 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
SWK 322 Proposed Syllabus

Sociology 245 WIP: Social Inequalities

SOC 245 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
SOC 245 Proposed Syllabus

Special Education 371 WIP: Foundations of Special Education

SPED 371 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
SPED 371 Proposed Syllabus

Women’s Studies 201 WIP: Feminist Ideas

WSP 201 WIFAC Course Proposal Form
WSP 201 Proposed Syllabus

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Approved WIFAC Course Proposals

Course Proposals Approved by WIFAC

All meetings are from 1:00pm to 2:30pm in Library 310.

Meetings in bold are firm. Other meetings are to be held in reserve and will be confirmed as necessary.

Wednesday, September 7

Wednesday, September 21

Wednesday, October 5

Wednesday, October 19

Wednesday, November 2

Wednesday, November 16

Wednesday, December 7

Please see the information about WIFAC course proposals and contact Kate Hahn if you wish to add items to a WIFAC meeting agenda.

WIFAC Meetings for Fall 2011