English Composition is devoted to writing that generates critical thought and reflection. Using long and short essays, numerous journal assignments, incidental
commentaries, annotations, e-mails, peer reviews, and instructor conferencing, the curriculum strives to produce:
- Independent writers capable of critiquing and editing their own work and the works of their peers.
- Perceptive, critical readers capable of analyzing and synthesizing a broad range of texts.
All students are in the same Foundation Program and work from a department-developed common syllabus. All students complete the year by producing a Final Writing
Portfolio.
