UWR Assessment Results

University Writing Requirements

Eastern Oregon University is strongly committed to the view that writing aids in learning and that writing skills are key to professional success. The UWR requires that students receive attention to writing throughout their studies and that students demonstrate their mastery of discipline-specific writing. 

Students will be required to take a minimum of 4 classes (first-year writing courses required by placement, one lower-division UWR writing-intensive course identified by each major, and two upper-division UWR writing-intensive courses as identified by each major) of UWR approved courses.  UWR writing intensive courses will address punctuation, grammar, and disciplinary documentation style, but they are primarily intended to be discipline courses which use writing tasks to help students learn the material and learn how to write effectively in the discipline.