College Writing (English 110)

Coordinated by Dr. Jessie Moore, College Writing (English 110), a writing-centered workshop, is one of the four courses that comprises the First-Year Core. Like other courses in the Core, College Writing is a requirement for all students. Since it is a cornerstone and prerequisite for most courses at Elon, students take it either in the fall or spring semesters of their first year.

The course, which is housed in the Department of English, helps students develop as writers through extensive practice in prewriting, drafting, and revising and prepares them for continued writing instruction across the disciplines and for writing beyond the academy. It is also designed to help students develop and hone argumentative skills, as the majority of the writing is argumentative and/or persuasive. Although there are no departmentalized syllabi for the multi-sections of College Writing, each class shares common objectives and all students gain common experiences.

All sections of College Writing aim to develop the following:

• A more sophisticated writing process including invention, peer responding, revising and editing that result in a clear, effective well edited public piece.
• A more sophisticated understanding of the relationship of purpose, audience, and voice, and an awareness that writing expectations and conventions vary within the academy and in professional and public discourse.
• An appreciation for the capacity of writing to change oneself and the world.