Writing Program

Director: Kirsten Ogden

Regular Faculty: Sean Bernard, Catherine Irwin, Kirsten Ogden.

Adjunct Faculty: Dennis Dirks, Elizabeth Pietrzak, Patricia Wangler

The Writing Program is designed to ensure that clear and informed writing is a viable and important cornerstone of lifelong learning. Additionally, the Writing Program intends to instill confidence in and appreciation of the tools of written communication, whether that communication takes the form of television scripts, novels, essays, newspaper editorials or e-mail. Faculty in the Writing Program encourage students to think of themselves as writers committed to the development of their craft and the examination of their culture.

Based on entering placement scores, students are assigned to one of four levels of writing courses: WRT 106, Communications Skills; WRT 109, Introduction to college Writing; WRT 110, College Writing A; WRT 111, College Writing B. Students are expected to complete all assigned writing courses in sequence, enrolling in the appropriate course each semester until the writing requirement is completed. Course challenges are available for Writing 110. Assistance in writing is available at the Central Campus through the Learning Enhancement Center; computers are available there and in the computer labs.

The Writing Program offers the minor in Creative Writing and the Certificate in Writing with either a Professional Writing or a Creative Writing focus. Additionally, students can take individual course offerings in the writing program. Students can also volunteer to assist with the Voice in Action: Visiting Writers Program, or can work on the staff of Prism Review, the Writing Program's Regional Literary Journal, as well as: La Vernacula, La Verne Magazine, Entr'Acte, and the Campus Times.