Writing intensive courses give UGA students advantages WIP courses give you more opportunities to revise your work and to talk it over with an expert Instead of focusing on commas, writing intensive courses help you to develop ideas in disciplinary contexts. They use writing as a way to help you learn and to acquire the skills that make students competitive. They encourage you to make connections among concepts that you are leaning across disciplines and within them. That's not surprising, given that writing about a topic helps you to learn it more effectively.
Effective writers use resources.
They know where to turn for answers and for feedback, from experts to friendly readers. Finding resources for writing tasks is an important characteristic that distinguishes sophisticated students from less sophisticated ones.