A student satisfies the writing requirement by taking at least one course from the list of departmental courses below, or by taking an off-campus course that assigns at least 5,000 words (or at least eighteen pages) of formal graded writing, excluding exams, short response papers, e-mail or online discussion contributions, and in-class writing.  To count an off-campus course toward the writing requirement, please fill out this form and have it signed by the course instructor.  Bring the completed form to your HSA advisor for approval. 

Departmental courses with significant writing:

ANTH 111, Introduction to the Anthropology of Science

ANTH 115, War and Conflict

ARHI 179, Contemporary Art and Society

ECON140, The Economics of Women, Family, and Work

ECON 150, The Political Economy of Higher Education

HIST 131, The Jewish Experience in America

HIST 179, Technology and U.S. Society

HIST 179, Technology and Medicine

HIST 179, Science in Fiction

HIST 183, Science and Technology in American Culture

LIT 145, Third World Women Writers

LIT 147,  Writers from Africa and the Caribbean

LIT 155,  Post-Apartheid Narratives

LIT 179, Jacobean Shakespeare

LIT 179B, Renaissance Literature and Culture

LIT 179D, Special Topics in Literature: Medieval/Renaissance Romance

PHIL 121, Ethical Theory

PHIL 122, Ethics: Ancient and Modern

PHIL 124, Morality and Self-Interest

PHIL 125, Ethical Issues in Science and Engineering

PHIL 130, Political Philosophy

POST 188, Political Innovation

RLST 113, God, Darwin & Design

RLST 147, World and Transnational Religions

RLST 179, God, Darwin, and Design in America

RLST 179B, 2012: Prophecy Apocalypse

RLST 183, Ghosts and the Machines

RLST 184, Science and Religion

SOC 179B, Sociology through Ethnography

STS 114, Social and Political Issues in Clinic

STS 179, Engineers, Exact Scientists, and Political Processes: Global Perspectives

STS 179, Technical Experts and Political Processes

STS 185, Science and Engineering From an Other POV

Off-Campus Courses that May Satisfy the Writing Requirement