Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Lakeland University Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Lakeland University Undergraduate Catalog

Writing-Intensive (WI) Courses


Lakeland University understands the role good writing skills play not only in a student’s college career but also throughout a graduate’s life. The Interdisciplinary Studies curriculum requires that all Lakeland students take at least six (6) semester hours of writing-intensive coursework prior to graduation. Three semester hours of the writing-intensive requirement will be fulfilled by an upper-level Core III course or the Honors sequence courses; the remaining semester hours will be fulfilled through courses in a student’s major specifically designated as writing-intensive by that department’s faculty as indicated below. While most courses in Lakeland University’s curriculum require that some written work be completed outside of class, instructors teaching the writing-intensive courses offer students additional opportunities to improve their writing skills through peer editing sessions, student-faculty conferences, and in-class instruction. All writing-intensive courses are labeled in this catalog with a (WI) designation.

Designated Writing-Intensive (WI) Courses

All courses are three semester hours, unless indicated otherwise.

Course Number and Title Major(s)/ Emphasis
ACC 493 Managerial Accounting Analysis (WI)   Accounting
ART 339 Portfolio Preparation (WI)   Graphic Design, Studio Art
BIO 475 Scientific Analysis and Writing I (WI) (2 semester hours)   Biology, Science Education
BIO 476 Scientific Analysis and Writing II (WI) (2 semester hours)   Biology
BUS 491 Business Policy and Strategy (WI)   Business Administration, Data Science, Marketing
BUS 493 Leadership and Followership (WI)   Organizational Leadership and Development
COM 350 Rhetorical Criticism (WI)   Communication
CRJ 300 Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology (WI)   Criminal Justice
CRJ 492 Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice: Senior Seminar (WI)   Criminal Justice
DAT 402 - Predictive Analytics using Machine Learning (WI)     Data Science
DAT 445 Systems Analysis & Design (WI)   Computer Science, Data Science
EDU 449 Education Capstone Course (WI)   Education (K-9, 4-12, and K-12)
ENG 323 Nineteenth-Century American Literature (WI)   English
ENG 324 Twentieth-Century American Literature (WI)   English
ENG 335 British Literature: Victorian Period (WI)   English
ENG 340 Twentieth-Century British Literature (WI)   English
ESS 342 Exercise Physiology (WI)   Exercise Science
FSQ 420 Analysis and Design (WI)   Food Safety and Quality
GEN 4XX- Core III (WI)- various topics Interdisciplinary Studies
HIS 461 Historiography and Historical Methods (WI)   History and Social Studies Education
HON 410 Developing an Original Project (WI) (1 semester hour)   Honors Program
HON 480 Senior Honors Project (WI)   Honors Program
HSP 491 Hospitality Leadership and Strategy (WI)   Hospitality Management
MAT 322 College Geometry (WI)   Mathematics
MUS 312 Music History and Literature II (WI)   Music, Music Education, Music Performance
NUR 430 - Community and Population Health Practicum (WI)   Nursing
PSY 463 History and Systems of Psychology (WI)   Psychology
REL 362 Interpreting Sacred Traditions (WI)   Religion
SJS 450 Working for a Just World (WI)   Social Justice Studies
SML 410 Organization and Management of Sport Programs (WI)   Sport Management and Leadership
SPA 366 Literature in the Spanish Speaking World (WI)   Spanish
SPA 367 Cinema in the Spanish Speaking World (WI)   Spanish
WRT 300 Advanced Composition (WI)   Creative Writing, English, Professional Writing
WRT 335 Technical Writing (WI)   Professional Writing