Writing assignments have long been among the teaching tools used by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members. Adjusting our writing assignments and our courses to meet the university's Writing Intensive Course requirements is just another facet of COALS' long tradition of quality teaching.

The purpose of this Web site is to help COALS faculty members design, adjust, or augment courses to meet the university's requirements for a Writing Intensive (W) Courses. The requirements and application materials are available on the University Writing Center's Web Site.

Our goal is to help you better understand some of the requirements and options by presenting short definitions and examples from approved W Courses developed and taught by your colleagues in COALS. Also included in the site are links to resources from other writing-focused courses and programs from agriculture colleges around the nation.

The material on this Web site can be accessed by course (all materials from one course grouped together) or by topic (syllabi, objectives, assignments, rubrics, feedback, and definitions)

As always, your suggestions, contributions and comments are most welcome. In fact, when your W Course receives approval, we will ask if we can include examples from your syllabus and assignments.