English Composition Schools

Detailed profiles of schools for English Composition from the EdRef college search portal.

English Composition programs give students an understanding of the craft of creating English prose. The course of study begins with a focus on short essays in which students can develop skills in organization, thesis statements, paragraph transition, fluency, and vocabulary. Students practice writing in the context of the college essay, completing library research and writing short research papers. Programs progress from here to critical reading and thinking, argumentation, and more advanced research. Then students begin their training in expository, critical, and argumentative prose.

Programs also focus on composition for English teachers, emphasizing the annotation of high school papers, the development of writing assignments, and student support. Other programs focus more on business writing for students wishing to enter the business realm and work in networked environments. This includes learning to write memos, reports, letters, e-mail, and resumes. Other areas of specialization include technical writing, theories of rhetoric, professional writing, directed writing, and composition theory.