First-Year Writing

Welcome to the First-Year Writing Program

The First-Year Writing Program at Elon includes three writing courses: ENG1100, ENG1000, and College Writing for High School Juniors. English 1100, Writing: Argument and Inquiry, is a required course in the First-Year Foundations in Elon’s Core Curriculum.

Outcomes for ENG1100 Writing: Argument and Inquiry

The following outcomes are shared among all ENG1100 Writing: Argument and Inquiry courses at Elon University. Our goal as a program is to help students come to know and do the following through sustained practice.

All students in ENG1100, Writing: Argument and Inquiry, will

Engage with Writing as a Complex Process.

Develop the Agility to Write across Genres, using Multiple Media, for Various Audiences and Contexts.

Examine How Communication Practices are Socially Situated.

Conduct Research to Inquire, Argue, and Expand One’s Knowledge and Understanding.

Appreciate the Capacity of Writing to Change Oneself and the World.

Program Overview

Elon University offers approximately 80 sections of English 1100 Writing: Argument and Inquiry, our required first-year writing course, each year. English 1100 is 4 credit hours and offered both fall and spring, with half of the first-year class taking the course each semester.

All sections of English 1100 share common outcomes, but courses take different approaches and include different writing projects based on faculty expertise and student interest. Some sections of Writing: Argument and Inquiry feature community engagement; others take a decentralized, student-led approach; others create multimedia content for a range of audiences. All sections provide opportunities for writing practice across academic and non-academic contexts.

Class Size Cap: 20
AP Score Required for Credit: 4 or 5 on the AP English Language and Composition exam
Faculty: Approximately 35 on tenured, tenure-track, lecture-track, limited-term, and part-time lines

This site includes information for students, parents, and faculty. If you cannot find the information you need on this site, please contact the First-Year Writing Coordinator, Dr. Heather Lindenman.