We invite your suggestions and contributions. This current document represents the program's constant evolution of curricula and pedagogies. The Handbook resonates with those volumes that preceded it. By far the most frequently offered course is English 110 and its variations. This course is numbered interdepartmentally as 367.
Many undergraduates take a third writing course in their major, often as juniors.
All students at The Ohio State University submit at least one writing sample to determine their placement into a first-year writing course. The English Test and first-day essays are used to verify placement. English placement testing is determined by ACT or SAT scores. The OSU Writing Curriculum and Placement The English Test takes approximately one hour. A student taking this test chooses a topic from two options and writes an essay on that topic.