The Writing Intensive Program recognizes that if students write without competence in their academic work and careers, it is due in large part to the fact that students are often given too few chances to write through their education. WIP courses give students practice with writing in the context of learning within a discipline. They engage students in writing to learn as they learn to write. Though writing-intensive courses vary from one field to another, they all make writing important, give students opportunities to write in “low stakes” and “high stakes” situations, and engage students in conversations about writing. This means that WIP courses give students more opportunities to engage in the processes of writing, to have successful writing in a discipline be a subject of instruction, and to have their writing responded to by instructors and peers. To help WIP faculty and teaching assistants achieve these ends, we offer the WIP course guidelines on the menu to the right.