First-Year Writing Courses

All students in the College of Arts & Sciences are required to take two courses of First-Year Writing: WRT 001: Academic and Analytical Writing and WRT 002: Research and Argument. 

• For students coming in with Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), or Transfer credit for WRT 001, the appropriate next course is WRT 002.
• For students coming in with AP credit for both WRT 001 and 002, the appropriate next course is WRT 011: Advanced Writing: The Rhetorical Self, which will satisfy the First-Year Writing requirement for students in the College of Arts & Sciences.
• Please note: Students in the Eckardt Scholar Program are exempt from all CAS requirements, including FY Writing.

First-Year Writing Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Policy

• To receive credit for WRT 001 (3 credits), students must achieve a score of 4 on either of the English AP exams or a score of 5 or higher on the IB exam.
• To receive credit for WRT 001 (3 credits) and WRT 002 (3 credits), students must achieve a score of 5 on either of the English AP exams.

First-Year Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English

Non-native speakers of English will take a placement test during International Orientation in August. Based on those placement test results as well as other English language documentation, the International Center for Academic and Professional English (ICAPE) will work with students to place them on one of three tracks: 

1. WRT 001 and 002 only

2. WRT 001 and 002 with special recitation for international English speakers 

3. WRT 003: Composition and Literature I for International Writers and WRT 005: Composition and Literature II for International Writers