The Center for Writing Studies is pleased to invite graduate students from across campus to apply to teach INFO/WRIT 303 Writing Across Media!
Writing Across Media (WAM) is an upper-division multimodal composition course in Writing Studies and Informatics that meets the Advanced Composition requirement. The course approaches writing as a multimodal practice, and students explore different ways of communicating across both digital and physical media. There are flexible goals for the course, and instructors have taken up WAM with different frameworks in mind, from design approaches to semiotics to digital rhetorics. (Applicants do not need to have their course designed or their framework finalized to apply.)
Examples of past and current syllabi and assignments are available at request. If you have any questions or if there are materials that would be helpful when considering applying or designing your course, please do not hesitate to ask!
Teaching WAM is a wonderful opportunity for graduate students to design and teach a multimodal composition course, supporting their professional and pedagogical development. Applicants are welcome from any department across campus.
Interested applicants are invited to join us for an online WAM Information Session on Wed. Feb 26 (3:30-4:30) to learn more about the course. Please RSVP if you plan to attend!
You can also contact CWS admin directly at: centerforwritingstudies@illinois.edu. We welcome any questions, comments or concerns and are happy to discuss any aspect of the course or application process.
Additional Information
Course Details
Teaching one section of WAM is considered a 33% appointment. Enrollment in each section is capped at 20 students, to ensure the course is manageable and students receive direct support. Responsibilities include: course/syllabus design (with administrative support and past samples), lesson planning and teaching (T/Th 75 min), providing feedback, hosting office hours, and supporting students.
Selected applicants will have priority to teach three semesters of WAM over the course of their graduate career; after those three semesters, continued appointment is based on instructor interest, available sections, and course needs. Beyond those three semesters, priority will be given to instructors who have not taught WAM.
Online Information Session
To support potential applicants, CWS is hosting an online information session on Wed, Feb 26, from 3:30–4:30pm. The information session will focus on overviewing the class, explaining common instructor approaches, and a Q&A. If you have anything you'd particularly like us to cover, please let us know before the session on Wednesday, otherwise, feel free to bring any questions, comments, or concerns you have to the session!
If you plan to attend the information session, please RSVP.