WAC

Writing Across the Curriculum... This is a term I have heard throughout my tenure at Penn State, but never was QUITE sure what it exactly meant. NOW I suppose for Williams here to define it so well for me, I can see its place in the world of academia.
On Pg. 44, Williams makes a very interesting point that drives my interest in this chapter. One will never write "English Papers" after they're out of college. The only reason one would be writing "English Papers" is if they are an English professor and are trying to get published for the sake of promotion. So what do we do as English teachers in the future to have our students write, be evaluated, and not be writing purely about literature? We assign writing across the curriculum assignments.
If instead of assigning a paper on John Keats in an English class, one assigned a paper on World War II, a student is forced to expand their skills and increase their aptitude by reaching for information outside the world of English. They can then take that information then, and apply the rules of writing.
I see this as a useful tool; when a student is able to apply knowledge from each subject and discipline they are forced to grow and incorporate skills within each other.