Courses Approved to Fulfill the GWAR Requirement
TO STUDENTS: Undergraduate students must complete the CSU Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR). If you began college before Fall 2008, GWAR will either be met by earning a C grade or higher in a GWAR designated course in your major or by passing the Junior English Proficiency Test (JEPET). If your major requires a GWAR designated course for graduation, there is no reason to take JEPET. Students who take but fail the JEPET can satisfy the GWAR by earning a C grade or higher in ENG 414, 410, or 411 or by earning a C grade or higher in an approved GWAR designated course in the major.
THE DATE IN PARENTHESES AFTER THE COURSE NUMBER TELLS YOU WHICH SEMESTER THE COURSE BEGINS TO CARRY GWAR CREDIT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE DATE IS FALL 2009, THEN THE COURSE CARRIES GWAR CREDIT FROM THAT POINT FORWARD. IN A FEW CASES, ONLY PARTICULAR SECTIONS OF COURSES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR GWAR.
NOTE: If you took one of these courses prior to the approval date (in parentheses), it will NOT exempt you from JEPET and/or ENG 414, 410 or 411. There are NO exceptions.
ASTR/PHYS 340 (spring 2010)
ART 602 (fall 2009), ART 690 (spring 2010), ART 551 (spring 2010)
BECA 300 (spring 2009)
CAD 500 (fall 2009)
CINE 303 (spring 2010)
COMM 534, Section 01: Sabee, Mediation Theory & Practice (fall 2009)
COMM 561, Section 01: Wingard, Social Semiotics (fall 2009)
CW 511, 512, 513 (spring 2010)
DAI 324 (fall 2009)
ENG 480 (spring 2009)
ENVS 450 (spring 2009)
ETHS 300 (spring 2010)
HED 400 (for spring 2009, Section 03: Quijano; all sections, fall 2009)
HIST 300 (fall 2009)
HUM 300 (spring 2010)
JOUR 300 (fall 2009)
LS 300 (spring 2009)
MATH 300 (spring 2010)
MATH 301 (spring 2009)
PLS 414 (IN CEL) (fall 2009)
PHIL 320 (fall 2009)
PLSI 381, 387, 415, 561 (spring 2010: list will be updated with specific sections)
RPT 660 (fall 2010)
SOC 300 (spring 2010)
SW 301 (spring 2010)
USP 401 (fall 2009)
WGS 300
