What makes a course "writing intensive"?

preamble1776
Wed, 06 May 2015 22:29:25 +0000

I’m currently filling out an application for a job through my University’s English Department and it asks to list all writing intensive courses I have taken.

I have taken three Religious Studies courses; one course (let’s call it Course A) last semester required one 7 page research essay and a take home final exam that was entirely essay based (about 10 essays in total - ~20 pages in total.)

The second and third Religious Studies courses this semester (Course B and Course C) regularly require short writing assignments to be submitted (5 assignments in total for each) that are 2-3 pages in length. There are also final essays that are 7 pages long and a separate 7 page essay due mid semester.

I also took an American Studies course (Course D) that had multiple homework assignments due for each class (so, maybe like 20 in total? Something like that) which involved short answer (paragraph long) responses to a list of questions. The assignment was 2-3 pages typed on its own but it was not a coherent essay. The question would be something along the lines of:

According to Dr. Smith’s piece “Scholarly Article” what motivated “Important Person” to do “Important Thing” ? 5-6 sentence answer

3 pages in total, due every class.
There was also an in-class essay for the midterm and final.

My question: What constitutes “writing intensive” for a class? Would Courses A-D be considered “writing intensive”?