The research paper and the final exam are not included in the four essays but are additional course requirements. For the four multi-page essays, students will write at least one essay from category 1 and one from category 2. The remaining two essays will be from any of the three categories. Exploratory writing, which entails discovery of aspects of an issue or a topic. It requires reasoning, logic, and organization.
Assignments are causal analyses, position papers, evaluations, and proposals.
Literary writing, which entails forming and developing a critical opinion about some aspect of literature. It requires analysis and organization. Assignments are evaluations, summaries, critiques, and analyses. The four multi-page essays will not include expressive writing or profile assignments, which are assigned in English 1301. At least two of the four required essays must be research-based.