Writing Intensive Course Approval Principles

Writing Intensive Courses follow two important learning principles: 

• Students comprehend content better through writing, and
• Instructors support students’ writing growth by giving feedback and requiring revision.

Writing Intensive Course Requirements (Guidelines)

The course and instructor must meet each of the requirements below in order for a course to be approved as WI.

1. WI Course Guiding Questions
2. WI Course Checklist 
3. WI Workshop Attendance

**You can access a printable version of the WI Course Requirements HERE.

Supplemental WI Course Guidelines and Policies

• Courses with “Writing” in Title or About Writing
• Distributed Curriculum Model and Guidelines
• Group Writing WI Guidelines
• Large Enrollment Writing Intensive Course Guidelines
• Online Self-Paced WI Course Guidelines
• Student Directed/Faculty-Guided WI Course Guidelines

The Guidelines and Proposals are adapted from those developed in 1984 by a University of Missouri-Columbia faculty task force under the leadership of Doug Hunt. The following guidelines were updated on April 29, 2019 by the Campus Writing Board.

OLD GUIDELINES PRIOR TO 2/26/21

The Guidelines and Proposals are adapted from those developed in 1984 by a University of Missouri-Columbia faculty task force under the leadership of Doug Hunt. The following guidelines were updated on April 29, 2019 by the Campus Writing Board.

Writing Intensive Course Guidelines

 The Board reviews and approves Writing Intensive courses that follow two important learning principles:

• Students will comprehend content better through writing, and
• Instructors will improve the quality of students’ performance by giving feedback and requiring revision.

As instructors design and propose Writing Intensive (WI) courses, the Campus Writing Board asks them to consider the following guiding questions and checklist of course elements.

1. WI Course Design Requirements
2. Checklist of Required WI Course Elements

Supplemental WI Course Guidelines and Policies:

• Courses with “Writing” in Title or About Writing
• Distributed Curriculum Model and Guidelines
• Group Writing WI Guidelines
• Large Enrollment Writing Intensive Course Guidelines
• Online Self-Paced WI Course Guidelines
• Student Directed/Faculty-Guided WI Course Guidelines
• WI Workshop Attendance