UNIVERSITY WRITING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADUATES

As the cornerstone of any higher education, academic and disciplinary literacy is the concern of the entire faculty and the whole university curriculum. Understanding that literacy is a long-term development process, the university community is committed to the following goals for student writing and learning:

a) Students should use writing as an intellectual process to learn material, to discover, construct, and order meaning.

b) Students should learn to write effectively in various academic and disciplinary genres for professional lay audiences.

c) Students should learn to display competence with the generic features and conventions of academic language.

"Writing-Intensive" Courses

All undergraduates admitted as freshmen for Fall 1998 or Spring 1999, all undergraduates admitted as freshmen or sophomores for Fall 1999 or Spring 2000, and all undergraduates admitted for Fall 2000 or later will be required to complete four "writing-intensive" courses which must included English 401, Freshmen Composition, and three additional "writing-intensive" courses, one of which must be in the student's major, and one of which must be at the 600-level or above.  Students with two or more majors must take one "writing intensive" course in EACH major.  These courses cannot be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.

NOTE:   WI and GN1-8 will be used in the Time & Room Schedule course-listings to identify "writing-intensive" and General Education courses respectively (the number 1-8 indicating General Education Category).   For Example:

ENGL 401 02  10053 First-Year Writing   GN1  WI  4.0 MWF 810-900A HS 139  Staff
All sections of ENGL 401 are "writing-intensive" and General Education category 1.

HIST 406W 03  10875 History of Modern US   GN4  WI   4.0 MW  1010-1200P  HORT 210 and R 210-300P HORT 301 Salyer
HIST 406W is "writing-intensive" and General Education category 4.

HIST 406   01 11009   History of Modern US     GN4   4.0  MWF 1110A-1200P HORT 215 Staff
HIST 406 not “Writing-Intensive” but is General Education category 4.

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