Below is a description of the processes for applying to the W2 and W3 attributes for the upcoming SPU catalog. The processes for new courses and for the W3 attribute will be handled through Courseleaf, as usual, working on the timeline established by the Office of the Registrar. The processes for the W2 attribute will be handled through me (since we cannot update the Courseleaf form), and the timeline for W2 runs through October 31, 2025.
As a reminder, these are our procedures for this academic year. Once we have been able to update Courseleaf forms, the process should follow the usual Courseleaf steps.
More details below:
- Existing W courses –> W3
- Nothing needs to be done.
- Adding W3 to courses or Creating a new course as W3 or Remove all writing attributes
- Follow the usual procedure for applying for (or removing) the W attribute through Courseleaf
- Adding W2 to existing course without any writing attribute
- Email course information to Traynor, following the guidelines for Adding the Attribute listed at the bottom of the W2 information page (answer questions and provide sample syllabus)
- I will review the course information and, when approved, pass the course along to Kay Knierim in OtR, who will hand-code the change
- Email course information to Traynor, following the guidelines for Adding the Attribute listed at the bottom of the W2 information page (answer questions and provide sample syllabus)
- Changing an existing W/W3 course to W2
- Follow the usual procedure for removing the W attribute in Courseleaf
- In the notes/rationale, explain that that the course is being reclassified as W2
- Email course information to Traynor, following the guidelines for Adding the Attribute listed at the bottom of the W2 information page (answer questions and provide sample syllabus)
- I will review the course information and, when approved, pass the course along to Kay Knierim in OtR, who will hand-code the change
- Follow the usual procedure for removing the W attribute in Courseleaf
- Creating a new W2 course
- Follow the usual procedure for creating a new course, including Courseleaf and other necessary approval processes
- In the notes/rationale, explain that that the course is intended to be a W2
- Email course information to Traynor, following the guidelines for Adding the Attribute listed at the bottom of the W2 information page (answer questions and provide sample syllabus)
- I will review the course information and, when approved, pass the course along to Kay Knierim in OtR, who will hand-code the change
- Follow the usual procedure for creating a new course, including Courseleaf and other necessary approval processes
Please reach out to Traynor with any questions about the process! And, let me know how I can help your programs think about which courses might work as W2 and W3. I am looking forward to meeting with programs to discuss writing curricula and am eager to support faculty teaching writing in any of these courses.