The Program for Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Colorado at Boulder seeks to make writing central to the undergraduate education of our students. We are committed to training students to think critically about the texts they read and the writing they produce and to enable them to shape and express ideas with clarity and grace in any context - academic, professional, civic, or personal. Through our commitment to small class size and intensive workshops that focus on substantive revision, our students experience a quality of writing instruction unrivaled among public universities.

The Program for Writing and Rhetoric is a freestanding unit in the College of Arts and Sciences responsible for campuswide instruction in expository writing. The program coordinates and oversees all writing curricula and instruction intended to meet college and campus requirements, including efforts in specific disciplines (e.g. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Integrative Physiology) and in targeted campus programs (e.g. Residential Academic Programs).

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Press Release

On Thursday March 1, 2012 at CU Boulder, the Diversity and Student Services Committee of the Program for Writing and Rhetoric held an undergraduate diversity conference titled Normalizing Inclusion. The conference organizers hope to promote dialogue on diversity issues, to enhance openness and respect in the campus’s climate, and to showcase PWR student writings on diversity-related topics. Read more.