Available Writing-Intensive Courses
Learn more about which undergraduate courses are currently labeled as Writing Intensive (WI) and which faculty members teach them.
Writing-Intensive Courses at WPI
As of June 2014, sections from 22 courses in 10 departments have received WI certification:
Biology / Biotechnology
BB3521 Microscopy Lab (Vidali)
BB3520 Plant Physiology (Vidali)
Biomedical Engineering
BME2511 Intro Biomechanics and Biotrans (Billar and Page)
BME3505 Bone Biomechanics Laboratory (Billiar)
BME 3506 Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory (Billiar)
Chemical Engineering
CHE2014 Advanced Chemical Processes (Kmiotek)
Civil & Env Engineering
CE026 Materials of Construction (El-Korchi)
CE3070 Urban Environmental Planning (LePage)
CE4071 Land Use and Development (LePage)
Humanities and Arts
HI3343 Topics in Asian History (Rudolph)
HI1322 Introduction to European Cultural History (Addison)
HI2316 American Foreign Policy (Robertson)
HI1313 Intro Foreign Studies Am Foreign Relations (Robertson)
HU 1411 Intro American Studies (Cocola)
Interdisciplinary Studies (crosslisted)
ID2050 Social Science Research ALL SECTIONS
Social Science and Policy Studies
GOV 1303 American Public Policy (Rissmiller)
STS2208 The Society-Technology Debate (Wilkes)
Physics
PH2510 Atomic Force Microscopy (Burnham)
WI Faculty
W. A. Bland Addison, Jr.
Associate Professor, Humanities & Arts
WI Courses: HI1322 Introduction to European Cultural History
Kristen L. Billiar
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
WI Courses: BME2511 Intro Biomechanics and Biotrans, BME3505 Bone Biomechanics Laboratory, BME 3506 Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory
Nancy A. Burnham
Associate Professor, Physics
WI Courses: PH2510 Atomic Force Microscopy
Jim Cocola
Assistant Professor, Humanities & Arts
WI Courses: HU 1411 Intro American Studies
Tahar El-Korchi
Professor & Department Head, Civil & Environmental Engineering
WI Courses: CE026 Materials of Construction
Stephen James Kmiotek
Professor of Practice, Chemical Engineering
WI Courses: CHE2014 Advanced Chemical Processes
Suzanne LePage
Instructor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
WI Courses: CE3070 Urban Environmental Planning, CE4071 Land Use and Development
Raymond L. Page
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
WI Courses: BME2511 Intro Biomechanics and Biotrans
Kent J. Rissmiller
Associate Dean, Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division
Associate Professor, Social Science & Policy Studies
WI Courses: GOV 1303 American Public Policy
Tom Robertson
Associate Professor, Humanities & Arts
WI Courses: HI2316 American Foreign Policy, HI1313 Intro Foreign Studies Am Foreign Relations
Jennifer M. Rudolph
Associate Professor, Humanities & Arts
WI Courses: HI3343 Topics in Asian History
Luis Vidali
Assistant Professor, Biology & Biotechnology
WI Courses: BB3521 Microscopy Lab, BB3520 Plant Physiology