Such skills will also be important in the student's professional life after college. EN 111 is where the student learns to appreciate and practice argumentation that is solid and fair, to integrate intelligent analysis and written discourse, and to manage the various tasks necessary to see a research project through to successful completion. As an academic prerequisite for enrolling in EN 111, the student must have successfully completed EN 110 or have achieved advanced placement based on tests designated by the Division of English and Applied Linguistics and an interview with the Composition Committee. In addition, the student is expected to be able to comprehend college -level texts and to bring his or her reading and thinking together in the process of writing. Moreover, since research projects necessarily entail independent study, the student in EN 111 is expected to have academic maturity sufficient to manage his or her own time and to responsibly see projects through to a timely completion.
Methodologies vary according to the individual instructor.
Maximum class size is currently set at 20 students, although smaller classes are anticipated. Since EN 111 allows for some variation in content and methodology according to the particular instructor, additional course descriptors may be given by the instructor of the section in which the student enrolls. Specific methods of evaluation and the weight given to various elements of the course are spelled out in the syllabus each instructor prepares for particular section of the course, and they are as well explained orally to the students at the beginning of each semester. Texts change periodically, and some instructors designate their own texts. Supplemental materials vary from instructor to instructor.