LIST OF ALL APPROVED WRITING INTENSIVE COURSES 

• WI Coordinator & WICC Chair: Tanya Dean (dean4@hawaii.edu)
• Humanities: Michael Skinner mskinner@hawaii.edu 
• GSSS: Kaleo Quintana kaleopon@hawaii.edu
• English: Robyn Kalauli  robyng@hawaii.edu 
• Math and Natural Science: Jennifer Sims 

The routine deadline for WI designation proposals (new and renewing) is the Monday after the first 3 weeks of instruction in the Fall and Spring Semesters.  Please watch for email reminders and check with your department chair. 

The WICC reviews WI courses for the following purposes:

WRITING INTENSIVE (WI) COURSES WILL:

1. Require students to do a significant amount of writing—a minimum of 4000 words or the equivalent of 16 typed pages.  Various types of formal and informal writing, both in class and out, are appropriate.  Assignments might include journals, learning logs, reaction papers, essays, or research projects.
2. Emphasize writing as an essential tool for learning course material.  Instructors will emphasize that clear, well-organized writing is a way of acquiring, analyzing, and communicating knowledge, and that the act of w

Writing Intensive Courses offered Summer 2024