<p>W&M has a freshmen writing requirement that is generally filled by the freshman seminar. You can see a list of what they are offering in the fall by going here: [William</a> & Mary - Freshman Seminars](<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/curriculum/freshseminars/index.php]William”>http://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/curriculum/freshseminars/index.php) and clicking through the links as directed… might have to choose “lower division writing requirement” instead of “freshmen seminar”. There are science options.</p>
<p>Most of the liberal arts classes have a term paper. Science classes will have lab reports.</p>
<p>He will not have to take a “literature” class, but he will have to fill his GERs which you can read about here: [William</a> & Mary - General Education Requirements](<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/curriculum/gers/index.php]William”>http://www.wm.edu/as/undergraduate/curriculum/gers/index.php)</p>
<p>So, he will not be able to take ONLY math and science classes. If he wants to do research and publish work during his undergraduate (or later) career, good writing skills will be required. There is also a writing center where the students that work there help others with their writing, see here: [William</a> & Mary - Writing Resources Center](<a href=“http://www.wm.edu/as/wrc/]William”>Writing Resources Center | William & Mary) He should be able to spread out his GERs that require writing over multiple semesters so he won’t be overloaded at once.</p>
<p>So… there will be writing for some GER courses, but you can fill those with lower level stuff. People generally take intro level courses for GERs. If he has IB/AP credits, he can get credit for some GERs, and will not have to take them at W&M.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a significant difference in the amount of writing at W&M v. Wake/UR, but I’ve only taken classes at W&M.</p>
<p>Hope that helps some.</p>