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 ProfessorHumanities & Arts

WI Courses: HI1322 Introduction to European Cultural History    

Kristen L. Billiar

Associate ProfessorBiomedical Engineering

WI Courses: BME2511 Intro Biomechanics and Biotrans, BME3505 Bone Biomechanics Laboratory, BME 3506 Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory  

Nancy A. Burnham

Associate ProfessorPhysics

WI Courses: PH2510 Atomic Force Microscopy    

Jim Cocola

Assistant ProfessorHumanities & Arts

WI Courses: HU 1411 Intro American Studies   

Tahar El-Korchi

Professor & Department HeadCivil & Environmental Engineering

WI Courses: CE026 Materials of Construction  

Stephen James Kmiotek

Professor of PracticeChemical Engineering

WI Courses: CHE2014 Advanced Chemical Processes    

Suzanne LePage

InstructorCivil & Environmental Engineering

WI Courses: CE3070 Urban Environmental Planning, CE4071 Land Use and Development  

Raymond L. Page

Assistant ProfessorBiomedical Engineering

WI Courses: BME2511 Intro Biomechanics and Biotrans    

Kent J. Rissmiller

Associate Dean, Interdisciplinary & Global Studies Division

Associate ProfessorSocial Science & Policy Studies

WI Courses: GOV 1303 American Public Policy    

Tom Robertson

Associate ProfessorHumanities & Arts

WI Courses: HI2316 American Foreign Policy, HI1313 Intro Foreign Studies Am Foreign Relations   

Jennifer M. Rudolph

Associate ProfessorHumanities & Arts

WI Courses: HI3343 Topics in Asian History    

Luis Vidali

Assistant ProfessorBiology & Biotechnology

WI Courses: BB3521 Microscopy Lab, BB3520 Plant Physiology