ENGL 583

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Topics Writ Pedagogy & Design

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Credit: 4 hours.

Examines the relationships among writing studies, theories of pedagogy, and the practice of the writing teacher and administrator. Also focuses on particular problems or particular schools of thought. Typical topics include Writing Program Design and Administration; Writing, Thinking, and Problem Solving; The Classroom as a Research Site; Collaborative Learning; and Writing Across the Curriculum and Discourse Communities. Requirements will vary with instructors and topics.

Same as CI 566. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in writing studies or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 583 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32285	Lecture-Discussion	T	9:30AM -12:00PM	R	107A English Building	Mortensen, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Info: SP26 ENGL 583 - Topics Writ Pedagogy & Design - Peter Mortensen - Writing Across the Curriculum - This seminar is a critical exploration of the modern writing across the curriculum (WAC) movement in U.S. higher education. We’ll begin with the “literacy crisis” of the 1970s that spawned WAC, study the movement's growth as universities increased their research portfolios in the late twentieth century, and consider WAC programs’ struggle to remain intellectually viable in the twenty-first century, as instructional responsibilities have shifted away from research-active faculty in many academic disciplines. The seminar will conclude by imagining what WAC programs could become in an era when generative AI tools are changing how disciplinary knowledge is discovered and communicated. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.