Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Writing Programs

Welcome to Arizona State University Writing Programs.

We are the largest program of our kind in the nation, offering some 500 courses each semester and serving some 17,000 students each year. The Writing Programs is home to the First-Year Writing Program, the Writing Certificate Program, and the Stretch Program, a nationally recognized program and the 2003 winner of the ASU President's Award for Innovation.

ASU Writing Programs is committed to the belief that skill in writing is the hallmark of the educated person in any career or profession and is the collective and cross-disciplinary responsibility of the academic community. Writing Programs' primary mission is to help students acquire the writing skills they will need in their academic work, in their careers, and in their lives generally. We also offer resources to promote writing and the teaching of writing at ASU.

Writing Programs offers a wide array of courses, from several sequences of first-year composition to advanced 300 and 400-level courses, with many of our courses offered in hybrid and online environments. Our first-year courses are all "capped" at 19 students, to insure that our first-year writing students receive a good deal of personal help and attention.

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Writing Programs Staff
Paul Kei Matsuda, Ph.D.
Director


Jackie Wheeler, Ph.D.
Associate Director

Steve Accardi
Assistant Director

Demetria Baker
Coordinator, Sr.


Ruth Johnston
Administrative Secretary

Arizona State University
Writing Programs
Department of English
Box 870302
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302

(480) 965-3853
Fax (480) 965-2553
Hours: M-F 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Located in LL 314