2024-2025 Submission Due Dates for New SI/WI Course Designations:
To propose a course as writing intensive, please submit a Speaking or Writing Intensive New Course Proposal using the UMW Curriculum Inventory Management (CIM) system through the Add a Designation process and provide the information requested. The deadlines are as follows:
- September 16, 2025, for designations for Spring 2026
- November 18, 2025, for designations for Summer 2026
- January 21, 2026, for designations for Fall 2026
WI Committee Members for 2025 – 2026
- Jared McDonald – Chair
- Laura Sipe – Secretary
- Katherine Parker
- Guan-Yi Leu
- Pamela Grothe
- Adria Goldman – ex officio member
- Leah Schweitzer – ex officio member
Meeting Dates for Fall 2025:
- August 29
- September: TBD
- October: TBD
For more information, please visit the websites of the Speaking Intensive and Writing Intensive programs.
DUTIES 2.8.7 The committee’s duties are to: .1 Study and recommend to the University Faculty Council procedures and criteria for approval, deletion, and alteration of course offerings in the writing intensive Across-the-Curriculum requirement; .2 Review and approve or reject proposals from the various departments for courses to be designated writing intensive; .3 Review at its discretion the frequency of offering and general relevance of courses so designated and make recommendations for changes as appropriate; .4 Perform any and all additional duties, such as evaluating transfer credit, pertaining to the committee at the request of the committee chair; .5 Make information available regarding the procedures and deadlines for proposing courses to the general education committee; and .6 Perform other duties as assigned by the UFC.