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Writing Program

The Department of English writing program comprises courses that allow students to complete their first- and second-year writing requirement in the Common Academic Program (CAP). 

• ENG 100 — Writing Seminar I: An introductory-level course focused on writing as a mode of inquiry. Emphasis on developing college-level reading, writing, research, and critical thinking skills. Students learn shared academic practices of inquiry and discovery through writing. Students who successfully complete ENG 100 take ENG 200 in their sophomore year to complete their CAP writing requirement.
   
• ENG 114 — First-Year Writing Seminar: Variable theme writing seminar focused on academic writing, research, and argumentation practices for engaging public discourse. Students examine contemporary social problems through practices of sustained critical inquiry with the goal of contributing in writing to public discourse. Students who successfully complete ENG 114 satisfy their CAP writing requirement.
  
  
• ENG 198 — Honors Writing Seminar: Variable theme writing seminar focused on academic writing, research, and argumentation. Examination of a particular topic through sustained critical inquiry with the goal of contributing to a scholarly conversation in writing. Open to first-year students who have accepted an invitation to the Honors Program. Students who successfully complete ENG 198 satisfy their CAP writing requirement. 
  
  
• ENG 200 — Writing Seminar II: Intermediate-level course focused on writing for the common good. Emphasis on extending students’ critical reading, research, and argumentation skills to writing for audiences beyond the classroom. Students who successfully complete ENG 200 complete their second-year CAP writing requirement.
  
  
• ASI 110 — The Roots and Development of Western Culture in a Global Context;
  ASI 120 — The Development of Western Culture in a Global Context:
  First‐year students majoring in American studies, art history, or the humanities, as well as select honors students in the Department of Teacher Education or the School of Business Administration fulfill their composition requirement by taking ASI 110 and ASI 120 as part of the Core program. In Core, students study English, history, philosophy, and religious studies in an integrated program. ASI 110 and ASI 120 satisfy students’ CAP writing requirement.