The Writing Program

Students at Daniel Webster College are encouraged to make choices for themselves and to take initiative in their writing education.

This process starts in the freshman year when students place themselves through online Directed Self-Placement into the first-year writing course which suits their learning needs. Incoming first-year students should visit the Writing Placement site off the New Student Orientation Blackboard by July 1 in order to select their first writing course.

Writing occurs across the disciplines, and the first-year writing experience provides foundational skills for all four years. Students are taught a mastery of grammar and the writing process (EN 100); personal essay and argument-writing strategies (EN 101); and intensive research skills (EN 102). Creativity and critical inquiry are important components of all courses. Students must successfully pass EN 102 Portfolio Review at the end of the first year sequence of required courses.

Students are encouraged to take charge of their writing education by regularly using the Writing Center. Each year, the Writing Center at Daniel Webster College helps hundreds of students, staff, and faculty with personal and academic writing. The tutoring hours are available HERE.

Students enrolled in Graduate and Continuing Studies can obtain feedback on writing for continuing studies, Excel, MBA, and online courses across the curriculum through the Daniel Webster College Online Writing Center (OWL).  In order to submit work for tutoring, students need to request access to the OWL Blackboard site.  Send an email to Diane McCann Thomas, DWC Registrar, at registrar@dwc.edu.  In the subject line of the email, write REQUEST FOR ENROLLMENT IN ONLINE WRITING LAB.  In the body of the email, include your name and your DWC email address.  Note that the OWL is available solely to GCS students, faculty, and staff.

Students with questions regarding writing requirements and self-placement should contact Professor Alexandria Peary, Writing Director, at peary@dwc.edu.

Course Sequence:

• EN 100: Developmental Writing (optional course), 3 credits, (Pass/Fail)

• EN 101: College Writing (required course), 3 credits, (C in order to pass)

• EN 102: College Writing & Research (required course), 3 credits, (C in order to pass, as well as successful completion of Portfolio Review)

• EN 215: Professional Writing (required course), 3 credits

• EN 245: Writing for Publication (takes the place of EN 215), 3 credits

For more details please visit our online catalog.