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Writing Program

Director — Jared Richman

The Writing Program offers both writing intensive courses and writing adjunct courses for students who wish to practice and improve their writing while doing course work within the curriculum. Both kinds of writing courses have been designed to attach special importance to writing and revision. Writing intensive courses meet one unit of the division requirement in the division in which they are offered and may, in some instances, meet major requirements as well. Writing adjunct courses are extended-format courses which may be taken concurrently with regular block courses. The writing adjuncts provide students with an opportunity to work more intensively on the writing they are doing in their regular course work.

WRITING INTENSIVE COURSES, 2011–12:

Writing intensive courses provide opportunities for students to continue to improve their writing skills through practice and criticism. The writing component of each course is related to course content and is intended to promote learning within the field as well as greater facility in writing. In some cases, the writing component may emphasize the problems of writing for a particular discipline. Writing intensive courses have limited enrollment to allow time for individual conferences, small group sessions, and detailed criticism. The 2011–12 course schedule includes the following writing intensive course offerings:

AN – Anthropology:

  • AN 243 Hispanic Folklore of the Southwest. 1 unit.

BY – Biology:

  • BY 208 Ecology. 1 unit.
  • BY 308 Advanced Ecology. 1 unit.
  • BY 365 Plant Physiology. 1 unit.
  • BY 366 Comparative Animal Physiology. 1 unit.
  • BY 378 Laboratory Investigation in Molecular Microbiology. 1 unit.

CH – Chemistry:

  • CH 382 Biochemistry I. 1 unit.

EC – Economics:

  • EC 110 Topics in Economics and Business: The Economic Novel. 1 unit.

EN – English:

  • EN 225 Introduction to Shakespeare. 1 unit. 

EV – Environmental Science:

  • EV 209 Ecology and the Environment. 1 unit.

GS – General Studies:

  • GS 223 Politics, Ethics, and Journalism. 1 unit.

HY – History:

  • HY 369 Industrial America, 1877–1919. 1 unit.
  • HY 410 Senior Seminar. 1 unit.
  • HY 420 Senior Essay. 1 unit.