Writing Courses
Below are all of the writing courses available to undergraduate and graduate students at Northwestern.
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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WCAS | Freshman Seminar Programs | 101-6 | FRESH ONLY |
WCAS | Freshman Seminar Programs | 105-6 | FRESH ONLY |
WCAS-WRT | Expository Writing | 105-0 | UG |
WCAS-ITAL | Intensive Italian | 133-3 | UG |
WCAS-FRENCH | Writing Workshop | 202-0 | UG |
WCAS-WRT | Intermediate Composition | 205-0 | UG |
WCAS-ENG | Reading & Writing Poetry | 206-0 | UG ** |
WCAS-ENG | Reading & Writing Fiction | 207-0 | UG ** |
WCAS-ENG | English Literary Traditions | 210-2 | UG |
WCAS-ENG | Intro Seminar-Reading & Interpretation | 298-0 | UG |
WCAS-FRENCH | Advanced French Composition | 302-0 | UG |
WCAS-ENG | Theory and Practice of Poetry | 393-F | UG ** |
WCAS-ENG | Theory and Practice of Fiction | 394-F | UG ** |
WCAS-ENG | Style in Literature | 395-0 | UG |
WCAS-FRENCH | Writing Tutorial | 495-0 | G |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
School of Communication
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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SOC-COMM | Masters in Writing for Stage & Screenwriting | VARIES | G |
SOC-COMM | Speech Writing | 221 | UG |
SOC-RTVF | Creative Writing for the Media Program | VARIES | UG |
SOC-RTVF | Foundations of Screenwriting | 260-0 | UG ** |
SOC-RTVF | Topics in Screenwriting | 360 | UG/G |
SOC-FTVF | Advanced Writing for Media-Screenwriting | 464 | UG/G |
SOC-THEAT | Playwriting | 346-1, 2, 3 | UG ** |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
Medill School of Journalism
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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MEDILL | Editing and Writing the News | 201 | UG |
MEDILL | History of Issues of Journalism | 202 | UG |
MEDILL | News Writing and Reporting | 301 | UG |
MEDILL | Newspaper Editing and Writing | 340-0 | UG |
MEDILL | Magazine Writing | 350 | UG |
MEDILL | Magazine Editing | 351 | UG |
MEDILL | Broadcast Writing | 360 | UG |
MEDILL | Literary Journalism | 375 | UG |
MEDILL | Journalism of Empathy | 371 | UG |
MEDILL | Investigative Journalism | 373 | UG |
MEDILL | Analytical Reporting | 374 | UG |
MEDILL | Reporting Across Race and Culture | 377 | UG |
MEDILL | Journalism Methods: Writing | 400-1 | G |
MEDILL | New Media Storytelling | 405 | G |
MEDILL | Magazine Editing | 424-1 | G |
MEDILL | Magazine Writing | 424-0 | G |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
Writing Arts
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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WRT ARTS | Modes of Writing | 115-116 | FRESH ONLY ** |
WRT ARTS | Art of Fiction | 301 | UG |
WRT-ARTS | Art of Poetry | 302 | UG |
WRT-ARTS | Art of Nonfiction | 303 | UG |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
Northwestern University School of Professional Studies
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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SCS-MCW | Masters of Arts in Creative Writing (complete program info) | VARIOUS | G |
SCS-MCW | Special Topics in Creative Writing (Grad students from other departments are eligible to take the MCW 490 Special Topics in Creative Writing classes) | 490-0 | G |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
School of Education and Social Policy
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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SESP | Foundations of Writing Processes | MS_ED 420 | G |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
Law School
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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LAW | Communication & Legal Reasoning | 540 | G/JD |
LAW | Basic Contract Drafting | 622 | G/JD |
LAW | Common Law Reasoning | 910 | G/LLM |
LAW | Narrative Structures | 642 | G/JD |
LAW | Advanced Legal Communication | 610 | G/JD |
LAW | Writing for Professional Audiences and Beyond | 614 | G/JD |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
Kellogg School of Management
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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KELLOGG | Writing in Organizations | MOS-449-A | G |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | UG/G |
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MEAS | Engineering Design & Communications | ENGL 106-1, 2 | UG |
MEAS | Communicate Effectively: Graphs, Tables, Diagrams | 397-02 | UG |
* Undergraduate (UG) & Graduate (G)
** Part of a Designated Writing Sequence
Feinberg School of Medicine
(Note: Some course description links may not be for the current quarter. These are links to give you the most accurate description of the course. Always check with the Registrar's Office for the most current class schedules.)
School | Course Title | Course # | |
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FEIN | First-Year Medical Humanities Seminar | BIOETHICS 404 | |
FEIN | Literature and Medicine | BIOETHICS 404 |