Your development as a college writer begins during the first year.
GovState’s First-year Writing Program offers two courses to help set a foundation for success during your first year. See below:
ENGL 1000: Writing Studies 1
Writing Studies 1 serves as students’ introduction to the discipline of writing studies and the practice of writing for college. It aims to provide students with a foundational understanding of writing process and basic rhetorical principles, while making use of primary and popular source research. Typical assignments include projects like a literacy narrative, a rhetorical analysis, and a multimodal project focused on the cohort theme of civic engagement, global citizenship, or sustainability.
ENGL 1010: Writing Studies 2
Writing Studies 2 builds on the knowledge and habits taught in Writing Studies 1 by adding complexity of understanding and by focusing the work on a more intensive understanding of disciplinary inquiry. This course serves as an entry into academic inquiry, where students learn conventions for primary and secondary research, focusing particularly on questions and concepts connected to Writing about Writing. Typical assignments include projects like an investigation of discourse communities, a case study, and a theme-based advocacy project focused on the cohort themes.