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English Composition

The skill of written communication is a highly prized and invaluable tool for your personal and professional future. The introductory composition courses we offer are not just another set of writing courses but ones which emphasize the direct relationship between clear writing and focused, coherent thinking - something essential in an undergraduate curriculum as well as in all graduate schools, professional schools, and careers. Composition courses move toward helping you to find your own style as you write papers of both personal and analytical natures. The emphasis on argumentation and persuasion helps you see writing as a creative process which allows better self-expression and provides a helpful intellectual foundation for all future college courses which demand written analysis.
  1. All students entering the College are required to submit a portfolio of writing to be evaluated by the English Composition Board. On the basis of this evaluation, students either are placed in a Writing Practicum or Introductory Composition class, or are exempted from the Introductory Composition Requirement.
  2. Course numbers for the ECB writing practica vary from term to term. For Fall Term, ECB 106 and 107 will be offered for entering transfer students. In the Winter Term, 108 and 109 are offered.
    Note: Not all transfer students are eligible for ECB Practica 106-109.
  3. English 220 (Intensive Composition) is designed to meet the needs of junior, senior, and occasionally sophomore transfer students. Transfer students placed in English 220 may choose to elect English 124 or 125.
  4. A student MUST have junior standing (at least 55 credits) and have completed Introductory Composition before being eligible to meet the Junior/Senior Writing Requirement. Juniors should discuss with an academic advisor how best and when to meet the requirement. It is recommended, but not required, that students meet the requirement in the area of concentration or special academic interest.
  5. Students must modify the course by means of the normal registration procedures. The course instructor must certify that the student has met the requirement at the end of the term.
  6. Each term the English Composition Board provides a list of such approved courses. A course approved to meet the Junior/Senior part of the Writing Requirement one term is not necessarily approved in a subsequent term.
The Junior/Senior Writing list appears each term in the introductory pages of the LS&A Course Guide. Updated versions are posted on the bulletin boards outside 1419 Mason Hall. Check this location to learn about additions or deletions or you can access an updated list through gopher.itd.umich.edu (LS&A publications server).

Please direct any questions regarding fulfillment of the LS&A Composition requirement to your advisor or to Student Data and Publications at POINT- 10.