University Writing Requirement

In 1995, the Academic Senate passed a motion that established the University of New Hampshire's current University Writing Requirement. This requirement rests on the belief that academic and disciplinary literacy represent the cornerstone of a university curriculum; it is an expression of the university's commitment to the following goals for student writing and learning.

• Students should use writing as an intellectual process to learn material, to discover, construct, and order meaning.
• Students should learn to write effectively in various academic and disciplinary genres for professional and lay audiences.
• Students should learn to display competence with the generic features and conventions of academic language.

Under these guidelines, all undergraduate students must complete four courses designated as writing intensive (WI) in order to graduate. Click here to access the registrar's list of WI courses.