Writing Intensive courses have been specifically designed to give attention to developing writing ability while studying another subject matter. These courses are intended to familiarize students with the thought processes, structures, and styles associated with writing in the liberal arts.

You are required to complete two Writing Intensive courses from the list below. Some of these courses may also be used to fulfill Divisional Requirements and Minor Requirements. If one or more of these courses overlap with other requirements, you would receive credit only once; however, you would gain more elective credits because each course could be used to fulfill more than one requirement.

Transfer credit or test credits, such as Advanced Placement Credits, cannot be used to satisfy the Writing Intensive requirement. (Project Advance courses may be used to fulfill this requirement since they are Syracuse University courses.)

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

AAS 138 Writing about Black Culture

AAS 233 The Caribbean Novel

AAS 234 African Fiction

AAS 235 African American Drama

AAS/WGS 303 Black Women Writers

AAS 305 African Orature

AAS 312 Pan Africanism

AAS 338 Creative Writing Workshop

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANT 185 Global Encounters: Comparing World Views & Values Cross-Culturally

ANT/SAS/WGS 324 Modern South Asian Cultures

ANT/GEO/WGS 367 Gender in a Globalizing World

ANT 467 Culture and Mental Disorders

ANT 469 Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective

ART AND MUSIC HISTORIES

HOA 106 Arts and Ideas II (Honors section only)

HOA 412 The Gothic Spell

HOM 313 Film Music

HOM 363 Opera in Society

HOM 372 Music in Multicultural America

HOM 396 Junior Seminar: Writing about Music

HOM 485 Contemporary Indigenous Soundscapes

HOM 493 Music and Identity

EARTH SCIENCE

EAR 325 Introduction to Paleobiology (Prerequisite: EAR 102 or EAR 210 or BIO 345 or EFB 311 or EFB 320)

ENGLISH

ENG 113 Survey of British Literature, Beginnings to 1789

ENG 114 Survey of British Literature, 1789 to Present

ENG 115 Topics in British Literary History

ENG 117 Survey of American Literature, Beginnings to 1865

ENG 118 Survey of American Literature, 1865 to Present

ENG 119 Topics in U.S. Literary History

ENG 121 Introduction to Shakespeare

ENG 122 Introduction to the Novel

ENG 142 Narratives of Culture: Introduction to Issues of Critical Reading

ENG 146 Interpretation of New Media

ENG 151 Interpretation of Poetry

ENG 152 Interpretation of Drama

ENG 153 Interpretation of Fiction

ENG 154 Interpretation of Film

ENG 155 Interpretation of Nonfiction

ENG 156 Interpretation of Games

ENG 164 Children’s Literature

ENG 170 American Cinema from Beginnings to Present

ENG 171 World Cinema, Beginnings to Present

ENG 174 World Literature, Beginnings to 1000

ENG 175 World Literature, 1000 to Present

ENG 181 Class and Literary Texts

ENG 182 Race and Literary Texts

ENG 184 Ethnicity and Literary Tests

ENG/WGS 192 Gender and Literary Texts

ENG 193 Introduction to Asian American Literature

GEOGRAPHY

GEO 171 Human Geographies

GEO 219/HNR 260 American Diversity and Unity (Honors)

GEO 272 World Cultures

GEO 353 Geographies of Environmental Justice

GEO/ANT/WGS 367 Gender in a Globalizing World

HISTORY

HST 101 American History to 1865

HST 102 American History Since 1865

HST 111 Early Modern Europe, 1350-1815

HST 112 Modern Europe: Napoleon to the Present

HST 121 Global History to 1750

HST 122 Global History 1750 to Present

HST 201 Research Seminar in History

HST/MES 208/MES 318 Middle East since the Rise of Islam

HST 210 The Ancient World

HST/MES 318 The Middle East to 1900

HST 347/HNR 360 Modern American Politics through Fiction (Honors)

HST/QSX 348 Queering the Middle Ages?

HST 391 Mary Magdalene: History of a Legend

HST 398 Saints and Sinners in the Middle Ages

HST 399 Utopia and Institution: Early Monasticism

HONORS*

HNR 240 Arts without Borders

HNR 260/GEO 219 American Diversity and Unity

HNR 260/WGS 200 History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

HNR 340 Fiction Writing Workshop

HNR 340 Good Film, Bad People

HNR 360/HST 347 Modern American Politics through Fiction

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

IRP/PSC 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System (Prerequisite: PSC 124 or 139)

JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM

JSP/LIT/REL 131 Great Jewish Writers

JSP/REL 215 The Jewish Bible/Christian Old Testament

JSP/LIT/REL 235 Travel Narratives and Pilgrimages

JSP/LIT/REL 239 Jewish Humor and Satire

JSP/REL 307 The Temple and the Dead Sea Scrolls

JSP/REL 316 The Torah/Pentateuch as a Scripture

JSP/LIT/REL 333 Yiddish Literature in Translation

JSP/REL 337 Shoah: Responding to the Holocaust

JSP/REL 338 American Judaism

JSP/PHI/REL 435 Modern Jewish Thought

LATINO-LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

LAS/SPA 465 Literature and Popular Culture

LAW IN THE LIBERAL ARTS

LLA 201 Elements of Law

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES

QSX/REL 323 Christianity and Sexuality

QSX/HST 348 Queering the Middle Ages?

QSX/REL 357 Queerly Religious

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

LIT/JSP/REL 131 Great Jewish Writers

LIT/REL/JSP 235 Travel Narratives and Pilgrimages

LIT/REL/JSP 239 Jewish Humor and Satire

LIT/REL/JSP 333 Yiddish Literature in Translation

MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States

MAX 132 Global Community

MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

MES 365/REL/SAS 367 God and Beauty in Islamic Art

PHILOSOPHY

PHI 107* Theories of Knowledge and Reality

PHI 109* Introduction to Philosophy (Honors)

PHI 111 Plato’s Republic

PHI 172 Making Decisions

PHI 197 Human Nature

PHI 241/REL 292 The Human and Divine in Christian and Muslim Philosophy

PHI/WGS 297 Philosophy of Feminism

PHI 319/PSC399/REL371 God in Political Theory

PHI/REL/JSP 425 Modern Jewish Thought

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSC 387 Ethnic Conflict

PSC 399/PHI319/REL371 God in Political Theory

PSC/IRP 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System (Prerequisite: PSC 124 or 139)

RELIGION

REL/SAS 123 Religious Auto/Biography

REL/JSP/LIT 131 Great Jewish Writers

REL/JSP 215 The Jewish Bible/Christian Old Testament

REL/JSP/LIT 235 Travel Narratives and Pilgrimages

REL/JSP/LIT 239 Jewish Humor and Satire

REL 261 Faith and Reason in Islamic Thought and Civilization

REL/SAS 283 India’s Religious Worlds

REL 292/PHI 241 The Human and Divine in Christian and Muslim Philosophy

REL 301 Ancient Near Eastern Religions and Cultures

REL/JSP 307 The Temple and the Dead Sea Scrolls

REL 310 Medieval Christianities

REL/JSP 316 The Torah/Pentateuch as a Scripture

REL 322 Martyrs and Saints in Christian Tradition

REL/QSX 323 Christianity and Sexuality

REL/JSP/LIT 333 Yiddish Literature in Translation

REL/JSP 337 Shoah: Responding to the Holocaust

REL/JSP 338 American Judaism

REL/QSX 357 Queerly Religious

REL/SAS 367/MES 365 God and Beauty in Islamic Art

REL 371/PHI319/PSC399 God in Political Theory

REL 385 Religion in Chinese Society

REL 393 Religion at the Limits

REL/JSP/PHI 435 Modern Jewish Thought

SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

SAS/REL 123 Religious Auto/Biography

SAS/REL 283 India’s Religious Worlds

SAS/ANT/WGS 324 Modern South Asian Cultures

SAS/MES 367/REL 365 God and Beauty in Islamic Art

SPANISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE

SPA/LAS 465 Literature and Popular Culture

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES

WGS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

WGS/ENG 192 Gender and Literary Texts

WGS 201 Transnational Feminist Studies

WGS/PHI 297 Philosophy of Feminism

WGS/AAS 303 Black Women Writers

WGS/ANT/SAS 324 Modern South Asian Cultures

WGS/SWK 328 Human Diversity in Social Contexts

WGS/ANT/GEO 367 Gender in a Globalizing World

OTHER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES*

DAVID B. FALK COLLEGE OF SPORT AND HUMAN DYNAMICS

SWK/WGS 328 Human Diversity in Social Contexts

*Notes:

HNR courses are available to students in the Renee Crown Honors Program.

Credit will be given for only one of the following: PHI 107 or PHI 109.

Credit will be given for only one of the following: JSP/REL 114 or JSP/REL 215.

Courses listed under “Other Schools and Colleges” may be used to fulfill the Writing Intensive Requirement, but they may not be counted toward the 65 credits in the Arts and Sciences needed for graduation unless the courses are cross-listed with the College of Arts and Sciences.