Undergraduate Requirements
Students required to take English 100W must complete that course and one additional writing course during the first year. Other students who are required to take writing courses must complete at least one during the first year, and all students must satisfy the full requirement before the end of the second year. 

Exceptions
Students who score 560 or above on the College Board SAT II Writing Test are not required to take English 100W (indeed, it will not count toward their writing requirement, although they may take it as an elective) but must successfully complete two other "W" courses. 

Students who score 760 or above on the College Board SAT II Writing Test or who score a four or a five on an Advanced Placement Examination in English (either English language and composition or English literature and composition) are obligated to take one "W" course (other than English 100W) at Vanderbilt. Transfer students who receive transfer credit for two or more W courses must nevertheless complete one "W" course (other than English 100W) at Vanderbilt. Both groups must successfully complete this "W" course by the end of the first academic year at Vanderbilt. 

Writing Courses: For current offerings in English, Comp Lit, and Philosophy, see the Undergraduate Catalog. Freshman Seminar offerings change each year. The booklet Freshman Seminars, available on request from the Office of the Dean, gives full descriptions of current seminar offerings and information on whether a particular freshman seminar can be used to fulfill requirements of the College Program or of a major in its field or can serve as prerequisite to advanced courses in its field.