Writing-Intensive Courses
Courses must be taken for letter grades in order to satisfy the writing-intensive core requirement.
Humanities
Letter-graded Advanced Humanities courses (English, history, history and philosophy of science, humanities, music, philosophy, and visual culture)
Language courses do not count as advanced humanities, except for language courses that are cross-listed or taught concurrently with one of the listed subjects above.
Social Science
Any Social Science course designated with a ‘w' suffix is considered to be writing-intensive. (Example: BEM 109W or PS141AW)
May 14, 2026