What makes a course "writing intensive"?

comfortablycurt
Sat, 09 May 2015 06:57:42 +0000

I’d consider any course that has any type of significant writing component to be writing intensive. English classes clearly are. Many philosophy classes involve a heavy writing component, which I would consider writing intensive. Classes like world religions and various humanities classes often have a heavy enough writing component to be considered writing intensive.

I’ve completed honors projects in some of my physics and calculus classes that have basically taken the form of a research paper. This is definitely writing intensive. I think the definitions can vary a bit, but pretty much anything with a significant amount of writing can be included in my opinion.