Writing 101 (and 107, a 101-equivalent course for English language learners) teach the social and situated nature of writing—that is, the ways in which writing is tied to purpose, audience, community, and content. Both courses emphasize community, genre, and awareness of the rhetorical situation. 

While WRIT 107 has same curriculum and student learning outcomes as WRIT 101, WRIT 107 is designed for international students and English language learners, but any student may choose this course. WRIT 107 instructors typically have a background in teaching English as a Second Language, which allows for an understanding of grammar and writing that emphasizes language awareness. 

In WRIT 101 and 107, you will write in several genres and analyze how purpose, audience, and context help shape research, organization, and language choices. In addition, the course introduces primary research methods, including interviews and observations. You'll reflect on your writing and writing process throughout the course, and you will submit a final portfolio reflecting on all of your work from the semester.  

Writing 101A is similar to 101 in terms of goals, activities, and assignments, but it is paired with an additional one-hour-per-week studio section: a smaller, more individualized, student-focused experience. 

The studio allows for a personal connection with the instructor and others in the class. Studio provides more time to ask questions, get feedback on writing, and discuss and apply course concepts. The studio hour may also include additional reflective and collaborative activities to support your learning. The course assignments may be broken into more bite-sized exercises of the composing process (e.g., brainstorming/invention, focusing, developing, working on conventions of incorporation of sources, editing), and instructors provide guidance in engaging with academic and other texts (e.g., how to annotate, read closely, connect reading to personal experience).

This is a one-semester course that you can take in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.

WRIT 109H is an accelerated course that combines WRIT 101 and 102 course outcomes, satisfying the Foundations Writing requirement in one semester. WRIT 109H covers academic research and writing, argumentation, rhetorical awareness, and conventions of writing in different genres. The course moves very quickly because the course has a year’s worth of writing instruction to cover in a single semester. 

You may be asked to read more challenging material and interact with more complex concepts as you practice inquiry, develop ideas, and engage in multiple revisions of your writing projects. WRIT 109H includes assignments typically taught in both WRIT 101 and WRIT 102, such as: literacy narrative, researched academic argument, rhetorical analysis, multi-modal public argument, and annotated bibliography.

This course is for students who are prepared to manage an independent reading and writing schedule, and meet more frequent deadlines. The course presents a wide variety of writing contexts that may require multiple research approaches.