Writing Intensive Program

Kauaʻi Community College

Christina Mar, Coordinator

"Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go."

E.L. Doctorow

Traditional vs. Writing-Intensive

What makes a Writing-Intensive class different from a traditional one? According to Professor Thomas Hilgers, former director of the Manoa Writing Program: "[Writing-intensive courses] use writing as frequently as possible to help students...learn the content of the course. In a conventional class, students are often asked to read, think, discuss, and then write or take an exam, pretty much in that order. In a writing-intensive class, professors ask students to write, read, write as they read, write as they think, write before they discuss, write after they discuss, and then read and discuss even more in order to write again."

If you're interested in offering a class as a Writing-Intensive section, please contact

Christina Mar at cjmar@hawaii.edu

words: stepping stones of thought

"Books serve to show man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all." ~ Abraham Lincoln