Reading and writing well is essential at a university and throughout professional life.

At Quinnipiac University, we believe to write well is to think well. Our graduates communicate effectively because they have learned to make new knowledge, as they think critically about what they read and experience.

That’s why all freshmen are required to participate in the Freshman Writing Program, which includes two writing courses designed to help you learn to participate in academic discourse,

You will learn, hands-on, how to meet professional standards in small classrooms recreating the collaborative settings and work processes used by professional researchers.

You’ll employ a range of technology and participate in vigorous discussion in small classrooms organized as student-centered learning communities, some of them located in residence hall classrooms. And you’ll be expected to proceed with integrity.

It’s challenging. It’s an approach to reading, writing and thinking that differs in many ways from what you likely applied in high school. But it’s central to the process of making new knowledge that defines active learning at the University.