COMPOSITION PROGRAM HANDBOOK

Standard Course Offerings
The English Department offers several different first-year composition courses. Most students will take English 111 in the first semester and 112 in the second semester. Students who score high on the English Placement Essay will take English 114 and 116, a two-semester advanced alternative to English 111 and 112.

While individual classes will differ, first-year composition courses have several common aims. They are designed to provide a context in which students can begin to think of writing as the means by which they can learn and examine ideas in relation to those of others. These courses are also designed to prepare students to write for all their classes at John Carroll, offering practice in the rhetorical and stylistic strategies useful in academic writing. These strategies should help them to engage with writing in a wide variety of academic, professional, public, and private contexts.

English 103 Materials

English 111 Materials

English 112 Materials