WRIT 003: Fundamentals of Academic Discourse

2025-26

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 649

Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in WRIT 003L; WRIT 001 with a grade of S or better; special permission required to take WRIT 003 if students don?t receive an S in WRIT 001 after two attempts; or placement determined by the UCR Writing Placement Process (WPP)

Description: Course designed for multilingual, first-generation, or other students needing support in academic discourse fundamentals. Focuses on increasing communicative competence in composing a variety of texts with special attention to the writing process, academic grammar, critical reading, and verbal skills.

Credit: Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC).

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.

Serves as a prerequisite for

WRIT 003 WRIT 003L WRIT 005 WRIT 005L
Prerequisite graph not available.
Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 268/270 208/236 89/90 565/596