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The Core Curriculum - University Writing

What is required?

Students writing ENGL C1010

When?

This course must be taken in the first year. Half of the first-year class will take it in the fall, the other half in the spring.

Can I test out?

No.

University Writing, with its focus on academic reading and writing, complements the other courses in the Core Curriculum by introducing students to the current intellectual life of the University. In their other courses, students learn to think critically and write independently about great works of the past. In University Writing, students develop these abilities by engaging a range of contemporary or near-contemporary texts from a variety of disciplines. Because several of the readings and assignments encourage students to enter into ongoing debates about the meaning of a liberal arts education and the function of a university, the course also helps students new to Columbia.

All first-year students, except those placed in the American Language Program*, must complete University Writing during the first year. Credit from Advanced Placement exams in English does not exempt students from this writing requirement.

Any questions regarding this requirement may be addressed to the Undergraduate Writing Program.

Undergraduate Writing Program
310 Philosophy Hall
212-854-3886
uwp@columbia.edu

*Students whose first language is not English may be required to take the English Placement Test given by the American Language Program (ALP) during Orientation. The course they take will be determined by the results of that examination. Students who are placed by the ALP into ENGL Z1003—College composition for international students will be required to take ENGL C1010—University writing to fulfill the CC Writing requirement. Students who place into the American Language 6-Point Program (ENGL Z0006) will then be required to complete ENGL Z1003—College composition for international students and ENGL C1010—University writing to fulfill the CC Writing requirement. Questions regarding this requirement should be directed to your adviser.