General Writing Resources
MIT provides many resources for students, staff, and faculty who need or wish to improve their writing skills. The following are a list of some of these resources.
Writing Resources on the Web
The Communication Requirement: for undergraduates who entered MIT in the Fall of 2001 and later.
Please contact WAC if you are an undergraduate who entered MIT in the Fall of 2000 or before and need to complete the Writing Requirement.
The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing: The Handbook is an online writing style guide, free to all in the MIT community. Consult the handbook for everything from how to draft a lab report to how to prepare a job letter.
The Writing Center: The Center, run by the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, helps students, faculty, and staff develop skills such as: analyzing a topic, organizing a paper, and planning a thesis. It offers help with overcoming writer's block and with specific problems in grammar, mechanics, and style. Tutoring is available on a drop-in basis or by appointment; work is tailored to individual and group needs. There is also an Online Writing and Communication Center which can provide online writing help.
The Program in Writing
and Humanistic Studies: The Program offers instruction in writing
at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Courses cover three
broad areas: exposition and rhetoric, scientific and technical writing,
and creative writing. The staff includes essayists, novelists, and
poets, as well as specialists in technical communication.
The English Language Studies (ELS) Program: The ELS Program helps students whose first language is not English. The Program offers instruction in English from beginning to advanced levels, as well as writing subjects covering general and technical topics. A fully-equipped language lab is available for supplementary work.
The MIT Libraries: The MIT Library System is made up of libraries specializing in most of the academic disciplines.
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