Is the final capstone course for the IT, software engineering, or CS major hard?

[davewill]

In the end, only you know how good a writer you are. I haven't dealt with WGU, but in the case of TESU, you turn in multiple drafts and get feedback to help you finish the final paper successfully. However, that's not going to make up for a serious lack of writing skills.

The main reason that two English courses are required is to teach you to write research papers. If you're really concerned about learning to do this, especially if you weren't exposed in high school, you may wish to take those courses in a more traditional setting like a community college.

To answer your question about structuring the paper, yes you come up with a main research question, then 3-5 subquestions that will help answer the main question. You research each of your questions, answering them each in turn, and then finally make a conclusion based on all of the research. You will have to cite every single piece of information you use and all quotations. A big part is citing everything correctly. You will be expected to use mostly academic sources, although there may be instances where citing an article on tomsguide.com could be appropriate.