Writing Intensive Courses

 

What are Writing Intensive Courses?

Writing Intensive courses are courses in various disciplines which meet writing intensive guidelines in regard to the amount of writing assigned, the feedback provided for writing assignments, and the percentage of the class grade that is based on writing.

 

Why should I take a Writing Intensive Course?

All courses designated as writing intensive meet the graduation requirement of English W350.  Instead of enrolling in English W350 Advanced Expository Writing, you may enroll in a discipline-specific course that has been authorized as Writing Intensive.

Which courses are classified as Writing Intensive?

Course title and course number          

English W321:  Advanced Technical Writing           

Communications S333:  Public Relations Writing     

New Media NMCM N315:  Web Writing and Usability                    

English W400: Issues in Teaching Writing
English W350:  Advanced Expository Writing
English W365:  Theories and Practices of Editing
English W395:  Individual Study of Writing (3 cr.)             

English A303:  Topics in African American Studies:             

All Eng-E courses and Eng-L courses at the 300-level or above (EXCEPT L390 Children's Literature and L391 Literature for Young Adults)

In addition, Senior Seminar courses in the disciplines of Psychology (P457: Topics), History and Political Science (COAS S400 Social Science Seminar), and Sociology (S470 Senior Seminar) meet the English W350 writing requirement, but students enrolled in these courses must be a major in the field.

Prerequisites:    English W131 and W132

All students enrolling in a Writing Intensive course must have completed their Freshman Composition courses, English W131 and English W132.  A student wishing to enroll in a Writing Intensive course who has not completed W131 and W132 must have the instructor’s permission to enroll.