@ucbalumnus : On the link above from hmc, it is this type of information which my most…uh…focused child would have wanted to know beforehand. I can really appreciate that a university publishes this information. Great thread.
“C. Writing Requirement
So that students can build on the writing skills addressed in HSA 10, at least one HSA course taken in addition to HSA 10 must involve significant writing. Both departmental courses and HSA courses offered at the other Claremont Colleges (or outside of Claremont) can satisfy this requirement. The department’s website contains a list of the departmental courses with significant writing, as well as an approval form (PDF). Opens in new tab that can be used to satisfy the writing requirement with a non-departmental HSA course. In general, a course satisfies this requirement if it assigns at least 5,000 words of formal, graded writing, excluding exams, short response papers, email or online discussion contributions, and in-class writing.”