Lower Division Writing (WR2)
The University’s lower-division writing requirement ensures that students develop the rhetorical skills necessary for success in the writing assignments intrinsic in college courses.
COURSES
This requirement may be satisfied with
| Subject | Number | Units | Title |
| ESL* | 1060 | 3.0 | Expository Writing for ESL |
| HONOR | 2211 | 3.0 | Writing in Honors |
| WRTG | 2010 | 3.0 | Intermediate Writing |
Additional Information
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*Students whose native language is not English fulfill the writing requirement through the ESL 1040, 1050, 1060 sequence offered by the Linguistics Program. A student whose Advanced Placement (AP) level in English is 4 or 5 is exempt from this requirement. Also exempt are transfer students who have met comparable lower-division writing requirements at other colleges or universities. An Associate Degree from a two-year college is satisfactory evidence of having satisfied the lower-division writing requirement. New Freshmen students will be placed in WRTG 1010 or 2010 depending on their admissions index. For students placed in WRTG 1010, satisfactory completion (C- or better) is required for enrollment in WRTG 2010. Students without admissions index (or who want to appeal their placement) and those taking ESL will be able to complete a writing placement essay administered by the University Writing Program. |