University of Kentucky Writing
Initiative
|
Approved Graduation Writing Requirement Courses
Many students will benefit from fulfilling the requirement
multiple times before they graduate.
This is not a requirement to be “gotten over.”
The Graduation Writing Requirement can
be fulfilled in many ways:
1)
Honors
Program students satisfy both the first-year writing requirement and the
Graduation Writing Requirement through that curriculum. They must complete the entire Honors
curriculum to receive full credit.
2)
Students
in the following majors or areas of emphasis can complete the Graduation
Writing Requirement through course work in their program:
Anthropology: ANT 582
Architecture: ARC 314
Communication Disorders: CD 410/482/483
Communication and Leadership Development:
CLD 250
Geography: GEO 300* Note: GEO 300 will NOT
be offered as a GWR course after Fall 2008.
History: HIS 490, 499, or 471
Physics: PHY 435 or 535
Russian: RUS 499
Sustainable Agriculture: SAG 201
Social Work: SW 470W
3)
Students
can complete the Graduation Writing Requirement by taking a class or a series
of classes on the Semester List of Approved Upper-Tier Writing Courses.
These
courses are approved on a semester-by-semester basis so students and
advisors
should be aware that they may not always satisfy the graduation writing
requirement.
Students or Advisors can check with our office to see if
semester by semester classes are being offered as Graduation Writing Courses.
Courses which have Previously
Been Offered on a Semester by Semester Basis:
ABT 201/301 Scientific Methods in Biotechnology
AEC 580 Agricultural Economics
A&S 300 Indian Film as Postcolonial Text
CE 599 Civil Engineering
COM 351 Communications
CLM 595 Clinical Leadership and
Management
EDS 530 Moderate/Severe Disabilities
EPE 301W Education in American Culture
NFS 591(Requires Two Semesters of Enrollment)
NRC 301 Natural Resource Conservation and Management
NUR 854 Advanced Concepts in Professional Nursing
PS 490 Honors in Political Science
VS 395 Veterinary Science
4)
Students
who don’t have the benefit of taking an approved upper-tier writing course
within their major field of study can fulfill this requirement by completing a
200-level literature or film course in English:
*ENG 203 Business
Writing
ENG 230
Introduction to Literature
ENG 231
Literature and Genre
ENG 232
Literature and Place
ENG 233
Literature and Identities
ENG 234
Introduction to Women’s Literature
ENG 261
Survey of Western Literature from the Greeks Through the
Renaissance
ENG 262
Survey of Western Literature from 1660 to the Present
ENG 264
Major Black Writers
ENG 270
The Old Testament as Literature
ENG 271
The New Testament as Literature
ENG 281
Introduction to Film
*Students in the College of B&E technically
have priority for ENG 203.
ENG 203, ENG
261, and ENG 262 can be taken through Independent Study to satisfy the Graduate
Writing Requirement. ENG 203, 261, and 261 are currently the ONLY courses
approved for GWR credit that are offered by Independent Study. Students
must be preapproved for GWR credit by the Writing Initiative BEFORE Independent
Study will enroll them in the course. This assures that students have their
eligibility for GWR credit verified before they start the course. Once they
finish the course, students must send the Writing Initiative an assessment
paper from the course. Once the Writing Initiative receives the paper and
verifies the grade is a C or higher the GWR credit will be noted on the
student’s transcript and in apex.
ENG 261 Survey
of Western Literature from the Greeks Through the Renaissance can also be taken
through Distance
Learning to
satisfy the
Graduate Writing Requirement.
Eng 261 is currently
the ONLY course approved from Distance Learning.
This is taught
like a regular semester long class so students do not need prior approval for
enrollment.
105 Bowman Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Ky. 40506-0059
859-257-4831
Director, Janet Eldred eldred@uky.edu
Spring
2008 Schedule: M-F, 9-12-1-4