First-Year Composition
About the program
The First-Year Composition (FYC) Program at Texas Woman’s University is a unit within the Department of Language, Culture, and Gender Studies (LCGS). The program offers a sequence of two courses required by the Texas Common Core: ENG 1013 (Composition I) and ENG 1023 (Composition II), along with ENG 1003 (Integrated Reading and Writing Corequisite Course). These classes function as a continuum of writing development for ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ students, with a high value placed on sequential coherence and collaboration among students and instructors.
In addition to its core courses, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ FYC sponsors professional development for instructors; maintains a comprehensive OER textbook; presents on and publishes program research; offers annual teaching awards; facilitates an annual writing awards contest, and collaborates with LCGS faculty to utilize, study and staff the Digital Composition Lab.
Nationally recognized
In 2024, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ FYC was one of only three writing programs in the nation to be awarded the prestigious . This achievement took considerable work and is attributable, in part, to programmatic innovations in pathways to placement for developmental students, dual credit, and the creation of open-education resource textbooks.
To learn more about the award, read this story published by the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ College of Arts and Sciences.
FYC by the numbers
2,593 FYC students served in the 2022-2023 academic year
115 sections of FYC courses offered in academic year 2022-23
32 FYC instructors working with ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ first-year students Fall 2022
All numbers provided by FYC program data and the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Factbook.
Contact us
If you have questions or comments, please email Jackie Hoermann-Elliott, PhD, at JHElliott@twu.edu.
Page last updated 2:42 PM, July 17, 2024