The most popular EWP offering, in this writing course students work closely with their peers and instructor to develop a portfolio of writing that reflects an ability to write papers with complex academic claims that matter. The readings in this class focus on academic discourse from a variety of disciplines.

• Download an MS Word version of the 131 Portfolio Rubric
• Click here to learn more about Situating Inquiry, UW's EWP-designed text for English 131.

This writing course focuses on a particular social issue whose study is enhanced by direct service activities in the Seattle community. Students combine readings, course work, and direct service to write well-documented, evidence-based argumentative papers. Previous sections of Engl 121 have enabled students to conduct their service activities in the Seattle Public Schools, local women's centers, homeless shelters and soup kitchens, AIDS organizations, and arts programs.

This writing course focuses on the production of complex academic arguments that matter based on both literary texts and scholarship about literature. Each section of Engl 111 is devoted to a particular genre: drama, poetry, or short fiction.

This two-quarter sequence is designed for students who are first generation college students and/or whose educational background has not prepared them for academic culture. Such students may be marginalized on the basis of economic, educational, or racial background.

These students are identified through placement testing by the

• Educational Opportunity Program
• The Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
• Student Athletic Academic Services

English 109/110 is a stretch model of English 131, which means that the same skills are taught over two quarters rather than one. This model provides students more time and resources to acquire the skills of reading academic articles, basic research, library use, grammar, and composing academic essays. Read more about English 109/110.

Many of the above courses are offered in Computer Integrated Course environments. To find out more, click here.

The EWP also offers the Composition in the High Schools Program in high schools throughout western Washington, from Yakima to Sequim, from Coupeville to Kirkland, in cooperation with UW Extension. Nineteen schools are currently participating in the program, which trains long-term, well-qualified high school teachers as instructors for our English 131 and 111 courses.