Writing Intensive (WR) Courses

Here at MCC, WR courses fall into one of the following categories: blanket or voluntary.

The following courses are always WR, regardless of instructor or section:

  • All Anthropology/History/Political Science/Sociology courses
  • All English & Philosophy courses
  • All Honors courses
  • All Humanities courses

Plus:

  • BIO 114 (Natural History of Rochester)
  • BIO 155 (General Biology I)
  • BIO 156 (General Biology II)
  • CHE 251, 252 (Organic Chemistry I and II)
  • CIS 209 (Systems Analysis and Design)
  • COM 130 (Media Writing)
  • COM 131 (Journalism)
  • COM 151 (Journalism II)
  • COM 230 (Scriptwriting)
  • ESL 130 (English-as-a-Second-Language)
  • ESL 201 (English-as-a-Second-Language)
  • ESL 145 (English-as-a-Second-Language)
  • HIM 205 (Professional Practice Experience I)
  • HIM 206 (Professional Practice Experience II)
  • HIM 213 (Health Information Systems)
  • MTH 155 (Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I)
  • MTH 156 (Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I)
  • NUR 111 (Fundamentals of Nursing)
  • NUR 112 (Nursing Care I)
  • NUR 150 (Application of the Nursing Process)
  • NUR 211 (Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing)
  • NUR 212 (Maternity Nursing)
  • NUR 214 (Nursing Care II)
  • PPE 208 (Sport Psychology)
  • PPE 175 (Philosophy and Principles of Phys-Ed)
  • PSY 208/EDU 208 (Guided Observation)

Voluntary WR courses vary each semester and, as with the permanent ones, they are offered from a wide range of departments--many of them STEM.

To see WR courses available for a given semester, please see the course schedule.