The University Writing Program offers courses that fulfill the UCR writing requirement. Students learn to write well, read closely, and speak formally in public. The University Writing Program helps UCR students make their way.

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• Entry Level Writing Requirement

  The Entry-Level Writing Requirement (ELWR) is a University of California reading and writing proficiency requirement that all first-year students must satisfy. It must be satisfied either before beginning courses on a UC campus or during the first year of enrollment.

• Writing and Foster Youth Alliance (WAFYA)

  The Writing And Foster Youth Alliance (WAFYA) serves the current and former foster youth community at the University of California, Riverside. WAFYA is composed of University Writing Program faculty who are dedicated to building collaborative academic relationships with the campus’s current and former foster youth through mentorship and supplemental academic support.

• Writing Across the Curriculum

  WAC, or “W,” courses provide students with an opportunity not only to receive course credit in the discipline of the class, but also – if they earn a grade of ‘C’ or higher – to satisfy the campus’ third-quarter writing requirement.

• Inland Area Writing Project

  The Inland Area Writing Project (IAWP) is a teacher-centered professional development organization hosted by UCR. The IAWP strives to improve the teaching of writing, and thereby to improve the writing ability of students in the Inland Empire.