As a faculty member, you have a critical role in helping our students develop the communication skills needed to succeed in their unique academic areas. However, in the Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC) program, we recognize that becoming a leading expert in computer science, mechanical engineering, or architecture probably did not come with lessons in writing pedagogy. That’s why we’re here to help.

Guides for Teaching Writing

The CAC offers a Faculty Resource Series, or a series of guides on teaching writing and communication, specifically designed for Illinois Tech faculty! Browse all of the guides

Classroom Workshops

Do you need more help making communication assignments work in your classroom? Or teaching specific communication skills for an academic program? The Writing Center is excited to be actively developing writing workshops that they can offer in your classes. Please visit the Writing Center website, or contact Writing Center Director Naum Neskoski at nneskoski@iit.edu for more details as they emerge. 

If these don’t meet your needs, reach out to us.

Curriculum Development

As you think through larger curriculum goals as well as particular courses, reach out to the CAC for individualized guidance. We can work with you through big-picture tasks such as planning and assessing the sequence of “C” courses in a degree program, as well as small-picture details such as crafting assignments and developing rubrics. Please fill out the following form and we’ll be in touch to help you meet your goals.

 

C-Designated Courses

The CAC program is responsible for overseeing and assessing C-designated courses across the curriculum. Each C-designated course must meet the following learning outcomes, as approved by the Humanities department in 2023:

  1. Students can critically read and analyze a variety of texts (e.g., news articles, academic papers, data sets) in order to develop their own claims in writing.
  2. Students can craft a text with attention to audience, purpose, context, and conventions.
  3. Students can revise their text through participation in multiple phases of the writing process (e.g., pre-writing, drafting, revising, peer-review, editing).
  4. Students can appropriately use evidence (e.g., data, cited sources) as part of their argument.
  5. Students can present an effective argument in the appropriate medium of communication, which can include written visual, oral, or other emergent forms of communication.
  6. Students can communicate specialized knowledge appropriately for an audience.