The Writing and Reading Program offers assistance to students interested in strengthening their communication skills. Because of the importance writing acquires at Hampshire, a range of activities is designed to meet varied student needs.
Individual tutorials comprise a major part of the program.
In brief, the strategy is to use the work in which the student is presently engaged. Generally, this means course work, divisional exams, proposals, Division II and III papers. This writing is used to address issues of organization, effective analysis, clarity, voice, and development of an effective composing process. Reading and writing are as inseparable from each other, and thus, assistance is also provided in such areas as research skills. Writing help includes classes as well as individual tutorials.