Assists in the development of the basics of written expression and reading, including grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, thesis formulation, complexities of expository works. Pass/No Pass only ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

For many international students, English writing courses are a requirement. While such courses can help them polish their definite articles, they can do so much more. Umasankar Patra suggests ...

The Writing Program offered by Saint Louis University’s Department of English teaches the fundamentals of persuasive composition. The program's courses provide students with foundational knowledge of ...

English majors with a concentration in creative writing must satisfy the requirements for the major, including an introductory-level and an advanced-level creative writing course in a single genre ...

It might seem that putting words to paper is hard, but for those interested in creative writing classes, it might be more difficult to get into a class. Many creative writing courses are known for ...

Writing-attentive courses accomplish these goals in five main areas: integration, scaffolding, revision, writing to learn, and writing to communicate. Writing is here construed broadly, to include ...

It has been said that poetry “is the sound of language organized in lines,” (James Longenbach) and we might aspire to put “the best words in the best order,” (Samuel Coleridge) but poetry is also a ...

This course is intended to serve as the first course in the department for English majors and minors, providing training in the disciplinary conventions of close reading and academic writing. Focus on ...