At New York University, all undergraduate students are required to take an Expository Writing Requirement. International Students may substitute International Workshop I and International Workshop II for the EWP requirement. (This substitution applies only to students who are not in the General Studies Program or the Higher Education Opportunities Program.)

International Workshops follow the same texts, assignments, and workshop method as the other Expository Writing Program writing courses. The only difference is that the students in each section have one common bond: English is a second language. Since all of the students are international students, a familiar and dynamic atmosphere exists where people from diverse cultures exchange perspectives as they write and read together. Students have found the variety of global perspectives available in one classroom exciting and stimulating. Additionally, International sequence instructors are experienced writing teachers familiar with the particular writing needs of English-as-second-language students, as well as with the cultural adjustments students need to make as writers and students in an American setting.

Students who complete the International sequence of courses must take the Writing Proficiency Exam at the end of the final course of the sequence.

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