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Policies Governing the Writing Requirement
Applies to both the Class of 2009 and Earlier and the Class of 2010 and Later.
Students can fulfill the Writing Requirement by taking:
• One Critical Writing Seminar (normally, WRIT 009 through 099). Writing seminars focus on the development of writing skills in the context of a particular discipline. Information about writing seminars is available online and in the Critical Writing Seminars booklet sent to freshmen in the summer.
• WRIT 011: Global English. Designed for international students as well as multilingual speakers of English, this course familiarizes students with the conventions and idioms of American college writing, and provides practice in writing, reading, and speaking American English. Each section focuses on a particular topic in the study of world Englishes.
Students should take a writing seminar by the end of their freshman year. If this is not possible, upperclassmen may fulfill the requirement by enrolling in WRIT 125: Advanced Topics in Writing.
Courses taken to satisfy the Writing Requirement must be taken for a letter grade, not pass/fail.
Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in courses taken to fulfill the Writing Requirement.
Writing seminars may not be used to fulfill any other College requirement.
