About writing

Yale College Writing Requirement

This course is a Writing Requirement course. Here is a general explanation of the Yale College Writing Requirement. I encourage all students to take advantage of the free writing tutoring services offered by the Yale College Writing Center. It is quite an extraordinary resource.

Course Essays

Your writing in this course will consist of weekly section exercises and three longer, graded writing assignments. Here is a description of the three writing assignments and their deadlines. Please note that there is no final examination in this course.

Writing Exercises

Here are the section writing assignments and policies.

Here are my policies on deadlines, extensions, grading, and penalties.

General Professional Writing

The style of writing that I promote in this course is “general professional writing.” Here are some of its features.

Writing Guides and Guidelines

Here are a few links to my favorite writing guides, style sheets, and other writing resources