Writing Intensive Courses

All Urban Study and Capstone courses are writing intensive. In writing-intensive (WI) courses, writing is used to help students gain a deeper understanding of the material they are studying. The variety of formal and informal writing activities with which students engage serves as a means for students to become better writers as a result of instructional support and guidance. Students in writing-intensive courses are required to write both in and outside of class regularly, and written assignments must count for at least 20% of the final course grade. Class size in WI courses is limited to 25 students. For WI guidelines, please see the WID website, www.lagcc.cuny.edu/wac.