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“Writing across the disciplines”(WID) shows the importance of writing in various fields. WID asserts influence on profession differences, diversity, and heterogeneity. WID implies that faculty of different domains are responsible for writing for their respective fields. WID strategies continue to grow in the United States and Internationally. Writing in The Discipline courses are commonly referred to as Writing Intensive courses(WI). Writing Intensive courses were developed for two reasons: 1) Students writing skills would decrease if not consistently reinforced. 2) Students writing improves significantly when they write involving their major. The controversy surrounding WID is who holds responsibility for teaching WID courses. The different models for teaching WID classes are the following: 1) The English department faculty teaches writing courses focused on individual disciplines. 2) English departments and other discipline departments collaborate on instructing writing courses for particular majors. 3) Individual faculty of respective disciplines teach writing for their respective disciplines . Scholars agree that each university decides which model works best for their institution. The University of San Francisco has implemented model one to teach their Writing in Psychology course(RHET 203) . Cornell University has used model two to teach their Technical Writing course(WRIT 7100) . The University of Missouri employs the third model to teach their Process Synthesis and Design course - Writing Intensive(CH_ENG 4980W).