English 1007

Students fulfill the University of Connecticut’s First-Year Writing (FYW) requirement by passing English 1007 (with a grade of C or above for ECE students). ENGL 1007, The Seminar and Studio in Multimodal and Academic Writing, introduces students to the work of college writing, which includes posing questions, developing sustained intellectual projects, and generating knowledge that invites engagement with wide and varied audiences. Writing, here, is project-building—a practice of making something, composing—and the courses reflect this attention to purposeful engagement and meaningful contribution. As a prerequisite to many University courses and all Writing Competency courses, First-Year Writing seminars foreground collaborative, student-driven inquiry developed in the context of a shared course investigation. Students work on projects in which they select and define places where they might advance the class conversation across various media.

English 1003 and 1004

In addition to English 1007, the FYW/ECE program also offers two courses that precede these seminars. English 1003 introduces international students and non-native English speakers to American university discourse by emphasizing classroom participation, discussion, and writing to help develop facility with English in the academy. English 1004 is designed to guide students in developing their writing practices and to introduce them to meaningful participation in critical conversations. More information about English 1003 and 1004 is available on FYW’s website.

See, too, a particularly valuable resource, the course description and learning goals for ENGL 1004.