Upper-Level Writing Requirement
Each major explicitly incorporates significant experience in student writing into its curriculum and/or requirements. The College Curriculum Committee reviewed and authorized requests submitted by each major. Most majors include writing courses in their own curricula; a few permit their majors to do upper-level writing in another department. Some do a combination of both. "Significant experience in writing" typically occurs in at least two courses, but majors may choose to design other generally equivalent plans to encourage advanced competence in writing. Such plans include frequent student writing, responses to the effectiveness of the writing, and guidance in revision and rewriting. Upper-level writing programs in the majors should build on students' initial exposure to the principles of written argument in CAS105, the primary writing course, and students should gain experience in using a range of writing styles and techniques characteristic of their major discipline. Students who elect to do more than one major should expect to fulfill the requirement in each major. Further information is available from the departments' undergraduate advisers.
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