every undergraduate student must complete at least one writing-intensive course in the major at the 300 level or above.

• Section size is limited to 35 (the Fall 1996 average was 26).
• Students are required to submit at least 3500 words of graded writing (about 14 standard double-spaced pages)--drafts, exercises, ungraded logs, etc., are additional. The 3500 words should be divided among two or more assignments. (Option: a single term paper project might be used, but to fulfill this requirement the project should be divided into stages--e.g., proposal, working draft, final draft--that receive feedback.)
• Teachers need to devote sufficient class time to instruction in how to complete assignments. (Detailed written assignments are strongly encouraged as part of this instruction.)
• On one major project in the course, students submit a draft on which the teacher gives them detailed feedback, and then students submit a revised draft. (Option: courses in which students are graded on regular ( weekly or semi-weekly) short assignments of a very similar nature--e.g., lab reports, proofs, critiques of reading--revision need not be required, though for one or two early assignments it is strongly recommended.)