Welcome

The Writing Across the Curriculum program sponsors undergraduate courses in almost every academic department at Tufts. Their goal is to help students attain a deeper understanding of course material and to promote intellectual interactions with instructors and fellow students. Many of the courses also explicitly teach students to write more effectively, both through instructor comments and peer review.

Writing Workshop (WW) courses are not writing courses per se, but rather altered versions of already-established courses in departments across the curriculum. Currently, 15-20 WW courses are offered each semester. Instructors in WW courses emphasize exploratory, getting-started stages of papers, proposals, and reports. In all Writing Workshop courses, students have a chance to revise their work at least once before turning it in for a grade. Students work closely with each other and the instructor as they define topics and revise drafts. In addition, many WW courses offer students the opportunity to develop their public speaking skills, as it is often easier to write more clearly and convincingly after having explained something orally.

Enrollment in WW courses is limited to 20 students, but most classes are smaller. Except in certain math and engineering courses, prerequisites are English 1 & 2, or their equivalents.  Additionally, some courses have prerequisites specified by the sponsoring department.