All students must complete the WC core requirement via a College Writing course.
Most other schools also have additional core writing requirements (WCd and WCr), although specific requirements vary. Please click on the links below for information about each school’s writing requirements:
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- Students in the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-New Brunswick, and School of Communication and Information (SC&I) must complete the WCd and WCr core requirements.
- School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) students must complete the WCd core requirement.
- Mason Gross School of the Arts (MGSA) students typically need a second writing requirement, depending on their concentration.
- School of Engineering (SOE) students must enroll in four humanities/social sciences electives. SOE's list of approved electives in that subject area, including Writing Program courses, can be found here.
- Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy students may take a Writing Program course to satisfy their additional writing requirements; see their curriculum page and the list of approved courses here.
The list below indicates which core requirements are met by upper-level Writing Program courses. Click here to search for courses offered by other departments and programs.
| Course ID | Course Title | Credits | Core Requirement |
| 01:355:201 | Research in the Disciplines | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:202 | Technical Writing Essentials | 3 | WCr |
| 01:355:203 | Business Writing Essentials | 3 | WCr |
| 01:355:301 | College Writing for Transfer Students | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:302 | Scientific and Technical Writing | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:303 | Writing for Business & the Professions | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:312 | Writing for Biology | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:315 | Grant Writing | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:322 | Writing for Engineers | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:342 | Science Writing | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:352 | Writing as a Naturalist | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:355 | Writing in the Professions: Careers in the Humanities | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:355 | Writing in the Healthcare Professions | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:375 | Collaborative Writing Practices | 3 | WCd or WCr |
| 01:355:410 | Composing Graphic Narratives | 3 | WCd or WCr; AHr |
| 01:355:425 | Web Authoring | 3 | WCd or WCr |
SAS policy indicates that no single course can satisfy both the WCr and WCd requirements. According to the SAS Core FAQ:
“Courses may be applied to multiple learning goals, as long as they are applied to different requirements. The following combinations cannot be satisfied with the same course:
WCr and WCd: two different classes must be taken to complete the Revision- and Discipline-based Writing and Communication learning goals. Even if you take a class that is on both the WCr and WCd lists, you still need at least one course that meets WCr and at least one course that meets WCd. The Writing and Communication requirement specifies that THREE classes must be completed, including College Writing and two additional classes (9 credits)."