Writing Proficiency Courses

(one course) Students generally fulfill this requirement during the fall or spring of their first year.

Many students find it helpful to take a W course in a field that engages them; they discover they enjoy writing, and make more progress, when the course topic is one they especially want to explore. All W courses fulfill a Sophia Program requirement and provide the opportunity to earn the Basic W.

Courses that meet the Writing Proficiency requirement:

(The courses listed below also fulfill an LO1 requirement.)

ART 211W Living Through Clay (CP) (Half of a tandem with PHIL 110W) FIRST YEAR SEMINAR COURSE3.5
COMM 103W Introduction to Communication (CP) (WV for CRN 72205 only)4
ENLT 151W Inherited Tales (HL, WV)4
ENLT 151W Women and Embodiment: Disability, Medicine and Feminism (HL, WV)4
ENLT 151W Making Worlds from Words: Worldbuilding in Literature (HL, WV) FIRST YEAR SEMINAR COURSE4
ENWR 202W Introduction to Creative Writing (CP)4
HIST 201W United States History to 1865 (HH, WV)4
PHIL 110W Finding Meaning in the Madness (PW) (Half of a tandem with ART 211W) FIRST YEAR SEMINAR COURSE 3.5
POSC 151W Issues in Political Community (SSI, CTS) FIRST YEAR SEMINAR COURSE4
POSC 160W Global Political Issues (SSI, WV, GL, SR)4
RLST 101W World Religions in Dialogue (RTI, IC)4