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About the Program

The First-Year Writing program, housed in the English Department, is a part of Elon’s First-Year Foundations program and works alongside the Center for Writing Excellence to promote writing excellence for all students.

English 1100 Writing: Argument and Inquiry is a requirement for all students, and it is one of the courses that compose the First Year Foundations in Elon’s Core Curriculum. Since it provides a foundation for writing students are expected to do in and beyond college, students take it in either the fall or spring semester of their first year.

English 1100 supports students’ ongoing development as flexible, reflective writers through extensive practice in process strategies, argumentation, and research. Students learn and apply rhetorical strategies to write effectively across multiple media for a variety of audiences. Though there is not a standardized syllabus for the course, all sections of ENG1100 share common outcomes.

Outcomes for English 1100 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.

For questions related to the First-Year Writing Program at Elon, contact Heather Lindenman, the Coordinator of First-Year Writing.