FYC Course Descriptions

101 English Composition I:
(3 credit hours)
Intensive instruction in writing with a focus on analysis and argument. Strategies for reading critically, analyzing texts from diverse perspectives, developing substantive arguments through systematic revision, addressing specific audiences, integrating sources, and expressing ideas with clarity and correctness.

Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit.
Comments: Students who want additional help with writing should also register for English 103.

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102 English Composition II:
(3 credit hours)
Advancing concepts introduced in English 101. Intensive writing instruction focused on inquiry and research. Strategies for formulating and investigating questions, locating and evaluating information, using varied sources and research methods, developing positions on intercultural and interdisciplinary issues from diverse texts (print, digital, and multimedia), and presenting research using appropriate rhetorical conventions.

Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit.
(RE) Prerequisites: 101.

Comments: Students who want additional help with writing should also register for English 104.

See English 102 Special Topics Descriptions for information about the inquiry topic for each section each semester.

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112 Advanced Writing and Research:
(3 credit hours)

Recommended for advanced students who have met the minimum requirements and want to complete their FYC requirement with one course. This course is for advanced students who meet the minimum requirements, who want to complete the FYC pathway with one course, and who want a more individualized FYC experience. This new course offers assignments that include authentic problems that students can solve through their own critical thinking and research and are rhetorically contextualized to give them a clear purpose and audience. In other words, ENGL 112 uses problem-based learning to engage students with real-world writing situations to solve and assignments that may be based on problems from their own major or discipline. In ENGL 112, students will develop stronger connections between their own interests and their research and writing, and that will help them develop greater awareness of their choices and of themselves as researchers, writers, and learners.

Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit.

Comments: For students to be eligible for ENGL 112, they should have the following test scores: a score of 3 on the AP Language and Composition exam AND at least ONE of the following test scores: a minimum ACT score of 29 English + 29 Composite, OR a minimum SAT score of 680 Verbal + 1280 Composite.

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131 Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English I:
(3 credit hours)
Intensive instruction in writing, focusing on analysis and argument. Strategies for developing substantive arguments through systematic revision, addressing specific audiences, integrating sources, and expressing ideas with clarity and correctness. Individual conferences.

Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading.
Comments: Admission by English Placement Exam.

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132 Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English II:
(3 credit hours)
Advancing concepts introduced in English 131 or 101. Intensive writing instruction focused on inquiry and research. Strategies for formulating and investigating questions, locating and evaluating information, using varied sources and research methods, developing positions on intercultural and interdisciplinary issues from diverse texts (print, digital, and multimedia), and presenting research using appropriate rhetorical conventions. Individual conferences.

Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit.
(RE) Prerequisites: 101, 131, or equivalent.
Comments: Admission by English Placement Exam.

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298 Honors Writing and Research:
(3 credit hours)

Recommended for students in Honors Programs who need a 102 equivalent and have met minimum requirements. This course is also recommended for non-Honors students who meet the minimum requirements and want an honors course. This course offers assignments that include authentic problems that students can solve through their own critical thinking and research and are rhetorically contextualized to give them a clear purpose and audience. In other words, ENGL 298 uses problem-based learning to engage students with real-world writing situations to solve and assignments that may be based on problems from their own major or discipline. In ENGL 298, students will develop stronger connections between their own interests and their research and writing, and that will help them develop greater awareness of their choices and of themselves as researchers, writers, and learners. 

Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit.
(RE) Prerequisites: 101.

Comments: Students admitted to an Honors Program are eligible to enroll in English 298 once they have successfully completed ENGL 101 or have earned credit through AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment. Students not in an Honors Program may also enroll if they have prior ENGL 101 credit AND ACT at or above 29 English, 29 composite or SAT at or above 680 Verbal, 1280 composite.

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103 Writing Workshop I:
(1 credit hour)
Self-paced Writing Center tutorial for students wanting additional instruction while enrolled in English 101, 131, or for students who have ACT English and composite scores at or below 18 (or SAT verbal/composite scores at or below 450/850). Individual instruction in mechanics, paragraph development, and essay structure.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit only.
Credit Restriction: To receive credit, students must participate at least two hours per week and also must pass the 101 or 131 class in which they are currently enrolled.
(RE) Co-requisites: 101 or 131.

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104 Writing Workshop II:
(1 credit hour)
Self-paced Writing Center tutorial for students wanting additional instruction while enrolled in English 102, 118, or 132, or students advised to enroll by their 102, 118, or 132 instructors. Individual instruction in critical reading and in developing and documenting the research paper.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit only.
Credit Restriction: To receive credit, students must participate at least two hours per week and also must pass the 102, 118, or 132 class in which they are currently enrolled.
(RE) Co-requisites: 102, 112,132, or 298.