First-Year Writing
Students should complete their
Lower Division Writing (WR2) requirement
within their first 3 semesters at the UofU,
and before they enroll in upper-division classes
All the colleges and universities in the state of Utah require writing-intensive coursework as part of their undergraduate degree General Education requirements.
At the University of Utah, First-Year Writing refers to a two course sequence: WRTG 1010 (WR1) − Introduction to Academic Writing, and courses that fulfill the Lower Division Writing (WR2) requirement, including:
- WRTG 2010 − Intermediate Writing: Academic Writing and Research
- ENGL 2010 − Intermediate Writing: Academic Writing and Research
- COMM 2270 − Critical Thinking & Argumentation
- HONOR 2211 − Writing in Honors (Honors College students only)
Some students arrive to the U with credit for writing classes through transfer credit or qualifying AP, IB, or CLEP exam scores.